Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Mini Medical School: Hot Topics in Medical Science
With anti-science disinformation spreading more widely all the time, it has become crucial to understand health science. Hot Topics built upon the foundational knowledge covered in Mini Medical: Introduction to Medical Science. Those building blocks that underlie the translational research applied in Hot Topics to Immunology, Infectious Disease, Neuroscience & Cancer Biology. During this time of conflicting information on COVID-19, a clear grasp of such research is more important than ever.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
J. John Cohen, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Immunology & Microbiology, and Medicine
University of Colorado
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss how to make well-informed decisions about illness, wellness, and life-style choices.
- Identify key clinical features and management strategies of common diseases discussed in the course.
- Reflect on the information gained in this course and how it will impact your interaction with medical professionals in the future.
- Summarize key concepts surrounding immunology, infectious disease, neuroscience, and cancer biology.
- Explain how the immune system deals with damage or disease-causing microbes.
- Identify the general role of mass and T cells in the immune system and their function.
- Discuss the importance of vaccines and immunity in protecting against harmful microbes.
- Describe diseases in which the immune system fails to function in the correct manner.
- Identify clinical features of infections by common pathogens.
- Summarize ways to prevent and treat infection by common pathogens.
- Reflect on the complexity and history of antibiotic resistance.
- Explain the basic structure and function of the brain.
- Summarize the clinical features and management strategies for common diseases that impact brain development or function including Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, mood disorders, and autism.
- Describe different treatment options for cancer.
- Summarize lifestyle changes that can lower your risk for cancer.
- Investigate resources available to learn more about cancer and clinical trials.
- Classify brain structures by function.
Syllabus
- Immunology
- Infectious disease
- Neuroscience
- Cancer
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Issued on 15th April 2026
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