Have you ever wondered what it would take for humans to travel beyond the comforts of our home planet, Earth? You are invited to join us in Space Medicine - an online experience facilitated by two recent Duke graduates in which you will learn about and engage in the most pressing medical challenges facing NASA and others advancing the future of space exploration.
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Space Medicine
Duke UniversityAbout this Course
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Examine the mechanisms that allow certain organisms to overcome impossible odds to survive in a difficult environment.
Analyze the ways in which Oxygen, pressure, acceleration and other sustained threats impact the human body in extreme environments.
Explore mechanical, biomedical, and electrical engineering problems involved in space travel and potential solutions.
Skills you will gain
- Biology
- Engineering
- Physics
- Medicine
- Health Care
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
History of Medicine and Aviation
Out of Thin Air
The Price of Leaving
Extremes of Acceleration
Reviews
- 5 stars82.90%
- 4 stars14.50%
- 3 stars2.59%
TOP REVIEWS FROM SPACE MEDICINE
This course provided a very basic, simply explained introduction to space medicine. One of the few courses available & worth the time!
Thank you Nicholas and Dominic The course was very informative and interesting I enjoyed your lecturing style, the videos were great. I would have like a transcript for Caissons Disease.
A really fantastic introduction to what every astronaut and scientist must know as we start to move off-Earth.
This was a fantastic course overviewing some of our greatest challenges that lie ahead in the frontier of manned space travel. I am eager to work in the field in the near future!
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