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It Starts with Your Heart: Understanding Heart and Circulatory Diseases

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Brief Introduction

Every three minutes, someone in the UK dies from a heart or circulatory disease. Let's beat heartbreak forever.

Course Summary

Explore the causes, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases with this online course from the University of Reading. Learn how to prevent and manage these conditions and improve your understanding of the cardiovascular system.

Key Learning Points

Understand the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
Learn about the diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases
Explore methods for preventing and managing these conditions

Learning Outcomes

Understand the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
Identify the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases
Learn about methods for preventing and managing these conditions

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic knowledge of biology and anatomy
Access to a computer and internet connection

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online
Self-paced
Interactive

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Notable People in This Field

Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Dr. Mehmet Oz

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Requirements

This course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about the fundamentals of heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. You might be personally affected by heart or circulatory diseases, or maybe you’ve recently been told you’re at risk of developing them. You may be looking to improve your knowledge so you can better support a loved one or a healthcare professional looking to help people better understand and talk about heart and circulatory diseases. Whatever you’ve come here for – we hope you take something meaningful away. No prior knowledge of heart or circulatory diseases is needed.

Knowledge

Explore what heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors areUnderstand the impact they have globally, in the UK and in our communityExplore how these diseases are connected by your circulatory systemYou’ll also get a taste of how our research is beating heartbreak forever

Summary of User Reviews

The Heart and Circulatory Diseases course on FutureLearn has received positive reviews from users. Many users found the course to be informative and engaging, with a great balance of theory and practical applications for managing heart and circulatory diseases.