Use 'Print preview' to check the number of pages and printer settings.
Print functionality varies between browsers.
Printable page generated Friday, 19 April 2024, 9:40 PM
OpenLearn courses on health-related conditions
Health and Social Care
(Introductory, 30 mins)
What does the world look like to a person with a visual impairment? How does restricted vision impact on everyday life? How can you offer assistance without taking control? This podcast includes personal perspectives from two people living with severe visual impairment.
Designing space for dementia care
(Introductory, 8 hrs)
The lives of people with dementia can be improved by careful consideration of the design of the spaces in which they live. This unit provides examples of how good design transforms lives and mitigates symptoms.
(Intermediate, 20 hrs)
Dyslexia is a condition affecting literacy skills. This unit analyses how our image of normality affects the way we as a society define such conditions. You will learn how important it is to integrate the different psychological accounts of dyslexia in order to provide a full explanation of potential causes and strategies for remediation.
The autistic spectrum: from theory to practice
(Intermediate, 20 hrs)
In this unit you will discover the wide spectrum of disorders associated with autism and an equally wide range of approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
Science
Type 1 Diabetes – a long-term condition
(Introductory, 25 mins)
What is type 1 diabetes and how do people with diabetes manage their symptoms?
Science of the mind: investigating mental health
(Intermediate, 1 hr)
(Introductory, 6 hrs)
From a ‘hangover’ to cirrhosis this unit looks at effects of alcohol, both short and long term.
Understanding cardiovascular diseases
(Intermediate, 15 hrs)
This unit explains what happens in cardiovascular disease, when the heart’s performance is affected, how the normal function of the blood vessels is impaired and what treatments are available.
Acknowledgements
This course was written by Lindsay Hewitt, Sarah Burton and Julie Robson.
Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.
The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit:
Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.
Don't miss out:
1. Join over 200,000 students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content
2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/
3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/ – including an MBA at our triple accredited Business School.