Below are links to other e-Learning resources that are available online either free or at low cost. We recommend these resources as they help to support and enhance clinical research. Although many are disease specific their content is often adaptable. Whilst we cannot be responsible for their content, the following external links may be of use or interest:
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WHO- e-Learning Course on Health Financing Policy for universal health coverage (UHC). Click here for more details. |
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GLOBE - provides free online courses across three topic areas: 1. Biology Laboratories Sciences and Activities, 2. Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, 3. Prevention and Vaccines. Click here for more details. |
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Public Health Degrees.org - Provides a database of over 2,000 public health degrees, including many available online. Click here for more details |
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Saint Joseph's University - Master's in Health Administration online free resource centre. Click here for more details. |
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Summer Institute in Mental Health Research - The Summer school offers a range of both online and face to face courses on the topic of public mental health. For details of the courses, please click here |
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FIND provide free, interactive and task-based training courses covering TB laboratory technical support, TB laboratory biosafety and Xpert MTB/RIF for health-care workers. FIND’s online training programme is designed to complement in-country training and mentoring, providing flexible learning opportunities and making high-quality teaching available to a broad audience. Click here for more details. |
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Brain Infections UK.org- Offers a range of courses examining neurological infectious diseases. The courses are Free to access and downloadable completion certificates are available. For further information and access to the courses, click here |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - The LSHTM offer a range of FREE online courses. Aimed at both students and professionals, click here for the full course list. |
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Pharma Lessons offer several free online training courses in the form of short presentations, prepared for the pharmaceutical & biotech industry. Currently on offer are Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training, Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Training, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Training and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP) Training. |
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The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research in collaboration with the Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute have developed free online training courses: For more information, please click here. |
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NIH clinical research training online. This training is freely available online and is very comprehensive. However, it is focussed to clinical trials in the United States and so may not be applicable in all regions: |
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Pharma School has some free training content: |
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USAID have a Global Health eLearning Centre giving online training on specific disease topics including 'Introduction to Mobile Technology for Health': |
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This is a free online course on statistics for clinical trials: |
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JHSPH OPEN offer these free online disease-related courses: |
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The HINARI 'Access to Research in Health' Programme was set up by WHO together with major publishers to enable developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Access is free or at a reduced cost for eligible countries |
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The Wellcome Trust offer advanced training courses and scientific conferences. For these they provide limited bursaries for non-commercial applicants to cover up to 100% of the course fee. Funding is also available to assist with travel costs. http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Courses-and-conferences/index.htm |
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The ‘Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation’ (TRREE) website offers completely open access and free of charge basic training modules on research ethics and regulation. The learning material is currently available in English, French, German and Portuguese. |
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Working To Empower is a non-profit and non-governmental organization working to empower sustainable, community-based change. The website provides a range of free articles, videos and resources in a wide variety of languages. |
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The Health Education and Training Programme (HEAT) provide free courses which are designed for healthcare workers studying in sub-Saharan Africa http://www.open.ac.uk/africa/heat/heat-resources |
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The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to enhance reliability and value of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies. The EQUATOR Network produce resources, education and training relating to the reporting of health research and use of reporting guidelines. |
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School of Public Health at the University of Alabama have produced multiple training materials for basic biostatics concepts and tools. All modules are free and availible as video, Powerpoint and PDF: |
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The Association of Schools of Public Health provide a free, open access course on Ethics and Public Health: Model Curriculum |
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The People's Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni) is helping to build international Public Health capacity using Internet-based e-learning at a greatly reduced cost: |
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The Global Health Reviewers e-learning page contains links to a wide range of independent courses for committee members who review research for ethics committees, review boards or regulatory committees, or for those developing protocols for review: |
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Coursera provide several courses in Health and Society and Medical Ethics. these courses are on a scheduled basis and only availible at certain dates throughout the year: |
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The University of the Western Cape and the Multi-disciplinary University Traditional Health Initiative (MUTHI) have combined to produce excellent courses for Clinical trials in herbal medicine. To register for free please visit: |
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) offers a bi - weekly feature: a case - series from rural Uganda called “Reasoning without Resources”.The target audience is clinicians practicing in low resource settings, medicine and family medicine residents, and senior medical students with an interest in clinical global health. http://www.cugh.org/resources/case-studies-reasoning-without-resources |
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Knowledge for Health provide many resources aimed at improving access to and sharing of global, regional, and country-specific public health knowledge, particularly about family planning and reproductive healthhttp: |
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MPH Programs have curated resources featuring over 140+ internship opportunities, 200+ free online public health courses including many on Epidemiology, chronic & infectious diseases as well as the most in demand jobs & careers: |
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Clinical Trials Network provide a free online Good Clinical Practice training course. The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) online training consists of 12 modules. Each module discusses a specific GCP standard. General conduct of research standards are also presented: |
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The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute offer an online diagnostic medical parasitology training course complete with a virtual microscope entitled Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology for both Protozoa and Helminths: |
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The American Nurses' Association has an extensive range of resources for Education about Evidence-based Practice and Research. – Including online tutorials, courses etc.http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/Improving-Your-Practice/Research-Toolkit/Education-About-Evidence-Based-Practice-Research |
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Health Knowledge is a website providing online resources for anyone working in health. http://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/ See Research Methods for Public Health. http://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook |
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Fogarty International Centre e-learning resources. http://www.fic.nih.gov/Global/Pages/training-resources.aspx |
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The Scottish Research Nurse & Coordinators' Network has a lot of useful resources including courses, seminars, study days, conferences and MSc/ Dip/ Cert in Clinical Trials via online distance learning http://www.srncn.scot.nhs.uk/Education.aspx |
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AuthorAID - Provides free online courses aimed at researchers in developing countries focusing on the subject of research, proposal and grant writing. http://www.authoraid.info/en/e-learning/ |
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Supercourse - Research Methods Library of Alexandria - Provides researchers with free access to a wide range of research resources and courses offering a comprehensive guide throughout the entire research process up to publication. For full details go to: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/ResearchMethods/index4.htm |
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NIH Clinical Center International Training Programs - This free course offers a range of free resource material and distance learning courses on the subject of clinical research. To find out more, go to: http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/international/ |
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Global Health Media Project - Provides instructional videos on a wide range of health care topics aimed at health workers and communities in developing countries. http://globalhealthmedia.org/ |
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California-Nevada Public Health Training Center - Offers the following three part online course "Community- Based Participatory Research (CBPR): A Beginner's Guide." The course aims to outline CBPR - a research approach which brings together researchers, the community and organizations in the research process. Aimed at public health workers, the course aims to introduce CBPR, explain how it can be put into practice and outlines its relevance to public health. http://canvphtc.sdsu.edu/trainings/ |
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Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (University of Miami)- Have produced a Biosafety and Biosecurity online course ("Biosafety and Biosecurity") covering topics including principles of biosafety, protective equipment and safe work practices and outlines the applicable guidelines https://www.citiprogram.org/index.cfm?pageID=92 |
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Khan Academy - "Introduction to Lab values and Concentrations". This ten part course covers lab values and concentrations, exploring the areas of molarity, osmolarity and tonicity amongst others https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/lab-values |
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Vanderbilt University - "Data Management for Clinical Research" - This free course runs over five weeks and is delivered via video lectures. The course covers areas including data management principles, data collection, EDC systems, regulatory requirements and compliance and data standards. The course also has a module dedicated to data management within a global health context http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/09/coursera-data-management/ |
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Initiative on Research and Innovation Management - "Research Administration: The Bridge to Sustainable Research" - This free course is split into four main sections covering the main areas of: research administration, responsible research and reporting, grant proposals and grants management. The course is presented using online tutorials and presentations http://www.researchadministrationtools.org/index.html |
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Medical Research Council (MRC) - "Research Data and Confidentiality" - This free online course explores the meaning and requirements of confidentiality and data protection within the context of a clinical research setting, providing the knowledge needed to interpret and meet the requirements in this context. http://www.byglearning.co.uk/mrcrsc-lms/course/category.php?id=1 |
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Pharmaschool - "Good Clinical Practice Essential Guidelines and Legislation 2015" - Provides an overview and history of clinical research guidelines and legislation, whilst also providing a detailed grounding in current regulation. Course Fee £40 http://pharmaschool.co/ukonline2.asp?id=83 |
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Virtual college - "Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)" - This course covers both the theoretical background and practical implementation of SOPs. Course Duration - 3-4 Hours. Course Fee - £36 http://www.virtual-college.co.uk/products/standard-operating-procedure.aspx |
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James Lind Institute - Advanced "Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Research and Quality Assurance" - Aimed at developing quality assurance (QA) professionals, the course covers QA standards, regulations and guidelines and explores the methods and processes employed to deliver quality systems. Next Start Date - 1st Dec 2015 Application Deadline 30th Nov 2015 http://www.jli.edu.in/diploma_quality_assurance.php |
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Johns Hopkins - "R Programming" This free online course provides instruction in R programming and how to use R for data analysis. (Course available in English and Chinese) https://www.coursera.org/course/rprog |
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Johns Hopkins - Two part "Fundamentals of Epidemiology" course, plus one separate course specific to "Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases". All three examine the theories of epidemiology and statistical approaches. All the courses are free http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/imageLib:il.search/
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - "Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health" - This self paced free online course examines public health problems from an epidemiological perspective enabling learners to gain an understanding of the rationale behind public health decisions |
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HINARI (WHO) - HINARI Basic and Advanced Courses - These free course offer training surrounding searching, accessing and using information from HINARI (the world's largest collection of scientific resources), PubMed (the most widely used journal article index for the sciences) etc. http://www.research4life.org/revised-version-hinari-training-portal/ |
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University of Nottingham - "Basic Epidemiology" - This free course offers basic modules covering a range of epidemiology topics http://ooc.peoples-uni.org/ |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) -"MSc in Clinical Trials" This distance learning course covers all aspects of developing, conducting and analysing a randomized controlled trial. Scholarships are available http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/masters/dmsct.html |
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University of Liverpool - "Msc in Clinical Research"(online) - aims to provide the learner with the knowledge and skills needed to plan, conduct and manage a clinical trial throughout. http://www.liv.ac.uk/study/online/programmes/health/msc-in-clinical-research/ |
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PharmaSchool - "Clinical Trial Designs" - This online course is designed to give the learner an insight into the numerous components a clinical trial design consists of. http://www.pharmaschool.co/ukonline2.asp?id=37 |
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MUTHI and the University of Western Cape - "Clinical Trials in Herbal Medicine" - A comprehensive course covering trial design and protocol building. Although primarily aimed at herbal medicine, the information can be applied to any trial http://muthi.uwc.ac.za/welcome.html |
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Preventing the Zika Virus: Understanding and Controlling the Aedes Mosquito - a free online course by Future Learn outlying the science behind the Zika outbreak to understand how it is spread and can be controlled: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/preventing-zika |
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Ebola in Context: Understanding Transmission, Response and Control - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine offer a free online course looking at the science behind the Ebola outbreak, to understand why it has occured on this scale and how it can be controlled. http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/freeonlinecourses/ebola/index.html |
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Asset Africa Institute - Proposal Writing Specialist Online Course - the overall objective of this free online course is to enable participants to design high quality grant winning proposals. www.assetafrica.co.ke |
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Brain Infections UK are offering a number of Neuro ID e-learning courses, including Viral Meningitis, Encephalitis, nervous system manifestation of infections, Tetanus etc. A full list and access to the courses can be found here: http://www.braininfectionsuk.org/neuroid_elearning/ |
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NEAS are offering a number of arborviruses e-learning courses including Zika Virus, Dengue Virus and Chikungunya Virus. These are available in both English and Spanish. https://www.neasstudy.org/en/education-and-information/#tab-id-1 |
If you know of any online training courses that you'd like to share with the Global Training Centre community, please email training@theglobalhealthnetwork.org.