Wits University is offering a free online course on System Dynamics for Health Sciences. This course will empower you with a deeper understanding and an enhanced capacity to achieve useful interventions in healthcare.
In this six-week course, applicants will learn to use system dynamics to better understand complex medical issues and interventions. This Course at your own pace.
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( votes)Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 2-4 hours pw
Subject: Medicine
Institution: Wits University and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: At your own pace
Providers’ Details
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, also known as Wits University is a leading, internationally-ranked, research-intensive University located in Johannesburg, South Africa, the economic heartland of Africa.
About This Course
This introductory course will teach you the fundamental principles of system dynamics as you learn how to use system dynamics software to explore problems relevant to your field of health. Whether you work in molecular biology, clinical medicine, health policy, or any other health-related field, this course will equip you to investigate the effects of time delays, feedback and system structure.
Why Take This Course?
This course will empower you with a deeper understanding and an enhanced capacity to achieve useful interventions in healthcare.
Learning Outcomes
- Basics of systems and their behaviors
- Structure of simple systems and how they correlate with system behavior
- Zero and first-order systems
- Ability to apply system dynamics methodology to a wide range of medical problems
- Ability to use system dynamics software to rapidly develop models and run simulations of problems
Instructors
David Rubin
David Rubin is a medical doctor and an Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Wits University.
Robyn Letts
Robyn Letts is a biomedical engineer and she works at University of the Witwatersrand lecturing a variety of biomedical topics to the engineering students and Health System Dynamics to the medical students.
Tak Igusa
Professor Tak Igusa Dr. Tak Igusa is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University who has been engaged in multi-disciplinary collaborations spanning a wide range of fields.
Requirements
Training in medicine or an associated discipline.
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