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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...health, which was defined as ‘a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (quoted in Riley, 1997, p. 199). Health was not simply a desirable end in itself. The pursuit of health was portrayed as a moral duty: parents had a responsibility to protect both the health of their children and their own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Accessing genetic testing through the NHS
Science, Maths & Technology

Accessing genetic testing through the NHS

...health technology which is being rolled out for free in the UK by the National Health Service (NHS). In this video, made with the support of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA), we explain how to access genetic testing. Since genetic testing can be used to find changes or variations in genes that cause health problems, we explain why genetic testing is...
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Video 5 mins
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...Health and Fitness centres and how they are run as well as providing an insight into the training of future elite athletes in Britain. Material is taken from The Open University course E112 Introduction to sport, fitness and management... Introduction to sport, fitness and management A short introduction to this album. Sport: Health and Safety A look at health and safety...
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Audio 54 mins
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...and hostile work and personal environments, rather than giving us all another job of training ourselves to be more resilient to these environments.[The Conversation] Rajvinder Samra, Lecturer in Health, The Open University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More on Mental Health and Young People...
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Article 10 mins
Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...mentality. In the video below, Dr Chatzouz explores deeper and structural causes of the financial crisis. He discusses problems of fiscal policy from the perspective of the loanable funds model. In his view, despite a more positive role of fiscal policy after the Covid-19 pandemic, the underlying view towards public finances has not fundamentally changed. Instead, the...
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Video 5 mins
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...mental health problems (Bulman, 2018). It is not surprising that Black community confidence in those who police them continues to be low. [Portrait of David Lammy MP]Mark Duggan’s death from a police shooting in 2011 and the four young Black men who died in 2017 in police custody – Edson da Costa, Darren Cumberbatch, Shane Bryant and Rashan Charles – are fatal...
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Article 10 mins
Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...health, social care setting or in the field? Will it be conducted online, offline, or both? Then, outline your research methodology, keeping in mind that your research questions will influence the methodology you choose. You will want to demonstrate that your methodology is systematic and – for certain studies - can be replicated by other researchers in similar...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...mental health distress; and people with learning or physical disabilities. The course is designed for people who are interested in and curious about social care or social work practice, or who might be thinking about working in these professions in the future. The activities within the course will help you think about practitioner roles, your own and other people’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs