College Level Medical Courses

[defscarlett]

I'm looking to expand my knowledge in the medical field, as part of my dissertation, it overlaps a bit into medical research. I'm reading through research papers from clinicians and I'm not quite understanding it due to my lack of knowledge in medicine. Are there any college level courses available for free or cheap? For the record they don't actually have to be worth college credit, just college level.

It's a criminal justice dissertation, revolving around forensic science, just trying to understand the human body better to understand what these research papers are actually saying.

I've already taken Human Biology and Biology I on sophia.

[wow]

It's been a while since I took any so I don't have specific recommendations (offerings may have changed), but I've taken many good medical-related courses on both EdX and Coursera. I'd look at those first.

Khan Academy AP Bio and AP Chem would probably be helpful too for making sure you understand the basics.

You could also look into the ASU Universal Learner Courses-- pay the $25 registration fee but not take them for a grade. All the science courses I've taken through them are excellent.

I highly recommend NinjaNerd on YouTube for understanding things in more detail from a medical and anatomical perspective, but you need a good basis in bio and chem to really follow a lot of the lectures.

[defscarlett]

It's been a while since I took any so I don't have specific recommendations (offerings may have changed), but I've taken many good medical-related courses on both EdX and Coursera. I'd look at those first.

Khan Academy AP Bio and AP Chem would probably be helpful too for making sure you understand the basics.

You could also look into the ASU Universal Learner Courses-- pay the $25 registration fee but not take them for a grade. All the science courses I've taken through them are excellent.

I highly recommend NinjaNerd on YouTube for understanding things in more detail from a medical and anatomical perspective, but you need a good basis in bio and chem to really follow a lot of the lectures.

Any specific course names or types that you can recommend?  The knowledge I'm looking for is surrounding drug and alcohol and how the substances work through the body and the forensic testing (Blood, breath and Urine). Dissertation is surrounding DUI's, mostly sociological impact, but the science behind impairment is also needed, much less surrounding the forensic methods.