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We are now part of City St George's, University of London. This website contains information relating to our Tooting campus. Please visit our new website to learn more about what we offer across all our campuses.

We have partnered with FutureLearn to offer a number of online courses referred to as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). These courses have been designed and delivered by experts in the field. The courses are aimed at students to healthcare professionals looking for CPD.   

St George’s students and staff are eligible for free upgrades to a collection of courses through FutureLearn Campus including all of our own MOOCs below. To explore courses within FutureLearn Campus click here and sign in using your ‘@sgul.ac.uk’ email address.   

Our MOOCs  

More details on each MOOC can be found by clicking on the course below.

Academic Writing for Healthcare Students in Higher Education

Discover the academic writing fundamentals to help you achieve success in your healthcare-related undergraduate degree.

COVID-19 in Africa: Managing the Outbreak in Primary Care settings

Learn how to better manage COVID-19 patients in African primary care settings where patients' attendance is down due to COVID-19

Creative Problem Solving: Design Thinking in Health and Social Care

Learn how design thinking can be applied in health and social care settings to drive innovation and approach challenges in this course co-created with Howdu design consultancy.

Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature

Learn how to critically appraise published medical research literature to keep up with research developments in your field.

Developing Clinical Empathy: Making a Difference in Patient Care

Discover the difference empathy can make to patient care, and improve your own clinical empathy.

ECG Assessment: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers

Understand the principles of electrocardiology and learn a step-by-step approach to the ECG test, in this course created with the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education.

Genetic Inheritance for the Pregnancy Pathway: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Explore genetics and genomics in maternity healthcare and apply principles to provide high quality care.

The Genomics Era: The Future of Genetics in Medicine

Get an introduction to the growing role of genomics in healthcare for patient diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention in this course co-created with St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Genomics Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics: Molecular Techniques

Learn how molecular genetic techniques are used to identify the genetic factors that contribute to the development of disease in this postgraduate level course.

Genomics Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics: Next Generation Sequencing

Understand new and established genomic sequencing technologies, and how to apply them in clinical practice, in this postgraduate level course.

Global Health Governance: Addressing Globalization and Health Inequities

Explore global health governance and the challenges facing healthcare workers and policy makers.

Healthcare Selection and Recruitment: Design and Deliver Effective Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)

Learn how to design MMIs and ensure their effectiveness in selecting healthcare professionals and students.

Interpreting Genomic Variation: Fundamental Principles

Learn the principles and language of genomic variant interpretation and enhance your working knowledge of the ACMG guidelines.

Lyme Disease: Prevention and Management

Explore the prevalence of Lyme disease, how to recognise and treat it and how to manage it going forward.

Managing COVID-19 in Primary Care

Get practical advice and support around how to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic as a front-line healthcare professional.

Managing Innovation: Learning to Prototype for Business

Understand how to pitch innovative ideas using prototypes, and develop your skills by creating your own prototype in this course co-created with Bayer AG.

Medical Equipment Donations to Low Resource Settings

Learn how to plan a medical equipment donation to a low-resource settings that’s appropriate, sustainable, and has a real impact.

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): An Introduction for Healthcare Professionals

Get broad insight into the key issues surrounding Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing with this course for healthcare professionals, co-created with St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals

Understand the key processes regarding organ donation with this course for healthcare professionals anywhere in the world, co-created with NHS Blood and Transplant.

Preparing for an International Health Elective: Exploring Global Health, Ethics and Safety

Prepare for undertaking an International Health Elective in this course co-created with Kings College London, aimed at students in medical and healthcare disciplines.

Transgender Healthcare: Caring for Trans Patients

Understand current issues in transgender healthcare and learn how to provide culturally competent care to trans individuals.

Using Virtual Scenarios to Create Effective Learning

Learn how to use virtual scenarios to help people practice their decision making and prepare for real world challenges in this course co-created with partners from the WAVES network.

For staff wanting to create their own MOOC, please contact the eLearning Unit for more details. 

MOOC surgery Teams

Support and information can be found by Joining the MOOC Surgery Teams area or directly contacting the eLearning Unit. The MOOC surgery aims to provide support to staff creating or using MOOCs in their teaching from academics who have successfully created MOOCs. The teams area can be used to post any questions, share resources or find useful information about MOOCs.

Please join on Teams or send an email to eLearning Unit for more details.

 

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