Free Online Course offered by Future Learn on Heart Health

Future Learn platform is offering a free online course on heart health as a beginner's guide to cardiovascular disease. In this course learners will get to know more about how how heart works, the causes of heart disease and how to keep their hearts healthy.

Course duration:

3 hours of study, for 4 weeks.

Who can take the course:

1. This course is aimed at anyone with an interest in how the heart works and the diseases that commonly affect it.
2. It will help if a learner has a basic understanding of human biology, but it will explain things in a way that will be easy for those who are unfamiliar with the subject.
3. Healthcare practitioners may also enjoy this as a gentle refresher or resource to share with patients.
4. If a learner gets stuck, they can always ask questions in the comments and other learners may be able to help him/her.

Course Topics:

• Week 1:

1. Introduction to the structure and function of the cardiovascular system, consisting of the circulatory system and the heart as a pump.
2. The circulatory system – including the different blood vessels, the blood cells and plasma.
3. The structure of the heart – including its four chambers, the major blood vessels that enter and exit the heart, the smaller blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with vital blood and oxygen and the heart valves that regulate the flow of blood through the heart.
4. The cardiac cycle and how this relates to an ECG (electro cardiogram) Investigation of the structure of the heart through a hands-on practical activity.

• Week 2:

1. Introduction to the process of atherosclerosis.
2. What is angina?
3. Introduction to haemostasis and thrombosis.
4. What is a heart attack?
5. What is a stroke?
6. Investigation of the effects of thrombosis through a hands-on practical activity.

• Week 3:

1. What is heart failure?
2. What is hypertension?
3. What is valvular disease?
4. What are arrhythmias?
5. Investigation of the effects of heart failure through a hands-on practical activity.

• Week 4:

1. Non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease including age, gender and genetics.
2. Modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease including smoking, stress, cholesterol, obesity, diet, and physical activity.
3. Lifestyle choices that can be made to try and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
4. Calculating the risk of cardiovascular disease with the QRisk Cardiovascular * Disease Risk Calculator.
5. Investigation of one’s own life style choices.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of the course learners will be able to:

1. Describe the structure and function of the cardiovascular system, including the circulatory system and heart.
2. Describe the basis of several cardiovascular diseases including heart attacks, strokes, hypertension and heart failure.
3. Evaluate the various risk factors that can contribute towards increasing a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease.
4. Discuss some of the lifestyle choices that we can make to try and reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease.
5. Apply theoretical knowledge and investigate a topic through practical activities.
6. Investigate and process data.
7. Investigate a topic and evaluate the reliability of own sources.

Course costs:

• Learner can join this course for free and get access to it for 7 weeks.
• Or upgrade this course for $74 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Access to this course’s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible.

• Or buy unlimited for $269.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short courses and tests for a year.
• A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once they are eligible.
• The freedom to keep access to any course he/she has achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on Future Learn.
• The flexibility to complete own choice of short courses in learner’s own time within the year.

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