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Intermediate Level

Practicing healthcare professional or healthcare student, but anyone can benefit from this course for personal use.

Approx. 17 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • Discuss the role of herbal medicines in healthcare overall as well as your potential role.

  • Discuss overall botanical actions and methods for creating botanical preparations.

  • Assess patients, including potential for herb-drug interactions and other potential contraindications and considerations for special populations.

  • Educate patients on quality control and safety issues.

Skills you will gain

  • herbal preparations
  • integrative care
  • symptom management
  • botanical safety
  • evidence-based practice
Flexible deadlines
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Shareable Certificate
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100% online
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Coursera Labs
Includes hands on learning projects.
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Intermediate Level

Practicing healthcare professional or healthcare student, but anyone can benefit from this course for personal use.

Approx. 17 hours to complete
English

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University of Minnesota

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1
Week 1
3 hours to complete

Herbal Medicines in Healthcare

3 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 76 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
Week2
Week 2
4 hours to complete

Using Botanicals Safely

4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 32 min), 6 readings, 4 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
2 hours to complete

How Do Botanical Medicines Work?

2 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 44 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
Week4
Week 4
4 hours to complete

Botanical Medicines for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health, and Musculoskeletal Pain

4 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 22 min), 12 readings, 2 quizzes

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