Os dejamos los cursos destacados más interesentas de la plataforma Coursera para este mes de octubre.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
¿El pensamiento científico es sólo para científicos? Su utilidad va mucho más allá, ayudando a las personas a tomar mejores decisiones todos los días. El objetivo de este curso es fomentar en pensamiento científico en los alumnos para ayudarles a tomar mejores decisiones profesionales, personales y sociales. Para lograr este objetivo, el curso destila conceptos de ciencias y filosofía a un nivel accesible al público general, ilustrándolos con ejemplos actuales de diversas áreas.
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
A lo largo del curso, los estudiantes aprenderán a diferenciar los tejidos epiteliales, los tejidos conectivos, los tejidos musculares y el tejido nervioso, en base a las características morfológicas funcionales de las células que los conforman. El curso se desarrollará haciendo incidencia en la interpretación de imágenes histológicas tomadas mediante microscopía óptica, microscopía de fluorescencia y microscopía electrónica de transmisión y de barrido. Se utilizarán imágenes de preparaciones histológicas procesadas con distintas técnicas de marcaje incluyendo técnicas topográficas, técnicas de marcado específico, técnicas histoquímicas y técnicas inmunohistoquímicas.
Georgia Institute of Technology
This course is intended to help even non-technically trained students gain basic proficiency in health informatics: the application of computing to healthcare delivery, public health and community-based clinical research. This is distinct from the related field of bioinformatics, which explores the role of computing in understanding the genomic and proteomic processes within cells.
Universidad de Pennsylvania
Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease. In fact, had you been born just 150 years ago, your chances of dying of an infectious disease before you’ve reached the tender age of 5 would have been extremely high. Since then, science has come a long way in understanding infectious diseases – what they are, how they spread, and how they can be prevented. But diseases like HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, or the flu are still major killers worldwide, and novel emerging diseases are a constant threat to public health. In addition, the bugs are evolving. Antibiotics, our most potent weapon against bacterial infections, are losing their power because the bacteria are becoming resistant. In this course, we’ll explore the major themes of infectious diseases dynamics.
Ohio State University
Man has always used external materials to help prevent, cure, or alleviate the symptoms of disease. In fact, Gregory Higby of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy has written that, “…the very concept of influencing bodily functions via an outside force must be considered one of humanity’s greatest advances.” Since its independent origins in ancient Arabic civilizations, pharmacy has evolved from a craft dedicated to the compounding of drugs to a profession focusing on helping patients get the best outcomes from medication therapies.
Universidad de California
Over a dozen faculty from UC San Francisco’s Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, and Dentistry will present on topics including the epidemiology, diagnosis, nutritional strategies for self-management, the role of insulin in managing diabetes, effects of diabetes on oral/dental health, and current research in the field.
Grupo de Nuevas Tecnologías de la SoMaMFyC 
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