Courses through the Medical Library Association are expensive. The American Library Association workshops are not only expensive, but are also rarely relevant to medical libraries. When it comes down to it, professional development courses for medical librarians can be difficult to come by (especially when you’re on a budget). While browsing Coursera the other day, I happened upon several courses that I thought might be useful to those of us in the academic health science and medical library field. I created a list of the courses “for future reference” and to have a curated list in one place. As more courses are added, I will try to update this list!

Coursera Courses:

• Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Health for All Through Primary Health Care
• Health Informatics in the Cloud
• Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students
• Leading Strategic Innovation in Organizations
• Surviving Disruptive Technologies
• An Introduction to Global Health
• Information Theory
• Foundations of Virtual Instruction
• Metadata: Organizing and Discovering Information
• The Science of Safety in Healthcare
• Instructional Methods in Health Professions Education
• Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials
• Understanding Research: An Overview for Health Professionals
• Logic: Language and Information 1
• e-Learning Ecologies
• Assessment of Teaching of 21st Century Skills
• Bioinformatics: Life Sciences on Your Computer
• The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
• Understanding Research Methods
• University Teaching 101
• Chemicals and Health
• Writing in the Sciences
• Health Literacy and Communication for Health Professionals
• Copyright for Educators and Librarians
• Data Management for Clinical Research