Medical Neuroscience, taught in Coursera by Duke’s Dr. Len White, has finished. This intense course was designed to include the core concepts in neurophysiology and clinical neuroanatomy in most first-year neuroscience courses in schools of medicine, with an estimated time commitment of at least 16 hours/week. Now that the course is over, how did it go?
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Medical Neuroscience, taught this spring by Duke University’s Leonard White, Ph.D., is one of the most ambitious courses offered on the Coursera platform to date. The estimated time requirements for …
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On Monday, April 8, 2013, the MOOC Medical Neuroscience officially launched in Coursera. This intensive eight week course is taught by Professor Len E. White, based on his course for first-year medical students, requiring a background in cellular and molecular biology, systems physiology and human anatomy and a significant time commitment (16 or more hours each week).
