Free Online Courses

This course explores how natural products derived from plants, microbes and other living organisms are used in diverse applications from pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies to food and cosmetics. It gives students insight into the interconnection between natural products and healthy ecosystems and how a circular bioeconomy and sustainable living practices can be supported by biobased solutions.

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Dementia Inclusive Hospitals from a Universal Design Approach. This MOOC outlines the main built-environment issues that impact on people with dementia, accompanying persons, staff, and visitors in the hospital setting. It illustrates the value of taking a Universal Design approach, outlines key design considerations, and provides detailed design guidance to help create a more supportive and inclusive environment for people with dementia and all other users.

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In this course, you’ll receive an overview of approaches to addiction treatment, from detoxification to harm reduction and addiction recovery. Learning from real-life examples, you’ll hear from experienced practitioners around the globe and be introduced to addiction assessment tools. You’ll also learn how to conduct screening and brief interventions and administer naloxone in the case of an overdose.

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This course aims to provide women and their partners with trustworthy, evidence-based information about labour and birth. Learners meet a team of academics, midwives and healthcare professionals who share their advice and expertise around topics such as coping strategies, diet, exercise and birthing positions.'

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On this course, you will explore the history of the book during the early modern period and learn how the invention of printing revolutionized our world.

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In this course, you will gain advice and strategies on how to prioritise postpartum care and help women support one another during the postpartum period. You will address common physical and mental health challenges after birth, learning how to help yourself and when to seek professional healthcare. This course is also delivered in Spanish.

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This course focuses on one of the most famous manuscripts in the world- the 9th-century Book of Kells. The book is used as a window through which to explore the landscape, history, faith, theology, and politics of early medieval Ireland, together with the practicalities of how the manuscript was made, its extended biography and how it has permeated so many areas of popular contemporary consciousness.

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Trinity academics in radiation therapy have come together with experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Cancer Organisation, the Irish Cancer Society and Targeting Cancer to demystify radiation therapy as a cancer treatment. The course explores radiation therapy as a cancer treatment through the experience of two patient advocates who tell their stories of radiation therapy as a treatment. The science underpinning radiation therapy as a treatment is discussed throughout the course.

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In the last few decades, physical exercise has become well-established as a tool to prevent and treat disease. Perceptions within the healthcare sector of exercise and its prescription as a treatment have changed dramatically in recent years. In this free online course, evidence of the role of exercise in the treatment of a variety of clinical populations including people with cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, paediatric conditions and cancer will be studied. The course is led by Dr Cuisle Forde and Dr Aine Kelly from the Disciplines of Physiotherapy and Physiology.

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Learn how to support people with intellectual disability in health assessments. Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals.
During this course, you will gain valuable knowledge that you can transfer into your daily practice on how to include people with an intellectual disability in health assessments. You will expand your knowledge through information and techniques underpinned by the world-leading longitudinal study on ageing and intellectual disability, the IDS-TILDA study.

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Governments of the world have signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals, a UN initiative for international development. They are targets for improving the world by 2030, including health, environment, education, and security. But will they have an impact on the lives of people? In this course, you will critically consider four key goals; peace, healthcare, economics and water. You will examine how development really can be sustainable, and how they can make a difference to real lives.

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