Health Policy Courses and Certifications

Health Systems Development: Health systems, Policy and Research

98 ratings at Coursera

Learn to design a health impact assessment of policies, plans and projects, and examine how health policy and systems research builds resilient health systems.

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

United States Health Policy

24 ratings at edX

Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Health Policy

Examine how health policy is shaped: biomedical and human rights approaches to health, mortality and morbidity measures, social determinants, market failures, financing models, and universal health coverage.

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

Health 302: Health Services Policy

Survey U.S. health services policy, covering health care systems, financing, delivery, policy development, analysis, research, and program evaluation.

• Study.com
• 11 hours 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Stanford Department of Medicine

Health Policy and Health Equity for AANHPI Populations - 2022 Gastric Cancer Summit

Explore health policy and equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations, focusing on gastric cancer challenges and solutions.

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

U.S. Health Law Fundamentals

270 ratings at Coursera

Examine how statutes, regulations and common law shape U.S. health care: EMTALA, doctor-patient relationships, malpractice and tort liability, licensure, Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Comparative Health Systems

147 ratings at Coursera

Compare health systems in the US, Germany, England, Brazil and China using the WHO Building Blocks Framework and complex systems theory to assess universal health coverage.

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

Translating Research to Healthcare Policy

14 ratings at Coursera

Learn how health research outcomes shape healthcare policy: distinguish policy from health equity, examine government and advocacy roles, and map a path to policy research.

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

Let's talk about it: A Health and Immigration Teach Out

Explore where immigration and health policy intersect through first-hand accounts from researchers, elected officials, healthcare systems and community members, then practice discussing safe spaces, trust and leadership.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Health Systems Development

354 ratings at Coursera

Think horizontally about health systems: study health policy and research, health service delivery, human resources for health, organisational behaviour and information systems to lead health system investment.

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

Health Systems Development: Introduction to Health Systems

233 ratings at Coursera

Learn how health systems work: apply the WHO six building blocks framework, distinguish health financing models, use performance assessment tools, and examine universal health coverage reforms.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Health Systems Development: A Focus on Health Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health

86 ratings at Coursera

Analyse country experiences in transforming health service delivery, use root cause analysis to diagnose bottlenecks, and critique frameworks addressing global human-resources-for-health challenges.

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

Understanding the U.S. Healthcare Landscape

Examine how the U.S. healthcare system pays for care: fee-for-service versus value-based payment, prescription drug pricing and regulation, international system comparisons, and nonprofit hospital tax exemptions.

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

Drugs, drug use, drug policy and health

275 ratings at Coursera

Examine drugs through a health and human rights lens: drug classification and harms, the international control framework, harm reduction, prohibition's consequences, and drug policy reform.

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

Global Health Policy

295 ratings at Coursera

Examine global health policy and governance through universal health coverage, pandemic and disease-surveillance responses, health financing, and Japan's low-cost health system under aging and fiscal pressure.

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