Health Disparities Courses and Certifications

Building a Culture of Health Equity Monthly Lecture Series: Adverse Childhood Communication Experiences: Addressing Deaf Health Disparities through Prevention, Early Detection, and Intervention (RECORDING)

Learn how adverse childhood communication experiences affect deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s lifelong health and how prevention, early detection, and intervention can reduce disparities.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) Applying a Health Disparities Lens to a Career in Pediatrics

A pediatric grand rounds recording on applying a health disparities lens to pediatrics, drawing on perinatal epidemiology research and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

AXL: Advanced Opioid Use Disorder X-waiver Team Learning Collaborative - Health Disparities & Partner Agencies

Examines health disparities affecting people with substance and opioid use disorders and explores partner-agency strategies and MAT care coordination to improve team-based care.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

All Things Open

AI - Bridge or Chasm? Closing or Widening Health Disparities

Explore how AI technology can either bridge or widen health disparities in healthcare delivery and patient outcomes through expert medical insights.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare

24 ratings at Coursera

Examine the history of racism in healthcare delivery, analyze the causes of racial and ethnic health inequities, and study approaches to achieving health equity.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

13 ratings at Coursera

Trace the roots of racial health inequity in the U.S.: social and biological views of race, historical unequal treatment, the health insurance system, access barriers, and community resilience.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S.

Trace racial health disparities to their roots: policy and power over resources, 600 years of history, state violence, and public writing that pushes decision-makers.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

Examine the drivers of racial inequity in U.S. healthcare: insurance financing, dimensions of access and geography, histories of mistreatment, and implicit bias in diagnosis and treatment.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Race in Science, Technology, & Medicine Series - Racism in Medical Education: Our Turbulent Push Toward Equity

1 rating

Examines how racism in medical education shapes health inequities, including the legacy of the Flexner Report, social determinants of health, and unconscious bias.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) What Kids and Kidneys Can Teach Us About Racism in the Bay Area

1 rating

Examines structural racism through kidney health disparities and considers how pediatric health professionals can identify and mitigate inequities.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Disparities in Healthcare

Discover how various healthcare inequities present across diverse social identities, and how historical factors have institutionalized often-invisible medical racism.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) Giving Back to the Community that Raised Me: Bringing Visibility to Mental Health Inequities among Filipino Youth

Examines mental health inequities among Filipino youth and how pediatricians can address suicidal behavior and care disparities.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Race in Science, Technology, & Medicine Series - Equity and Access in Digital Mental Health

Explores how digital mental health tools can expand care access for underserved communities while addressing health disparities, equity, bias, privacy, and bioethical concerns.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Royal College of Pathologists

What Can Pathology Do to Reduce Health Inequalities?

6 ratings

A discussion of how pathologists can use activism, teamwork, and difficult conversations to address health inequalities and improve health for all.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Race, Ethnicity, and Breast Cancer: Health Equity Panel Equity Training

Explore structural racism and culturally competent strategies to reduce breast cancer disparities for racially diverse women.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate