University of Minnesota Courses

Introduction to Recommender Systems

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeRecommender systems have changed the way people find products, information, and even other people. They study patterns of behavior to know what someone will prefer from among a collection of things he has never experienced. The technology behind recommender systems has evolved over the past 20 years into a rich collection of tools that enable the practitioner or researcher to develop effective recommenders. We will study the most important of those tools, including how they work, how to use them, how to evaluate them, and their strengths and weaknesses in practice.The algorithms we will study include content-based filtering, user-user collaborative filtering, item-item collaborative filtering, dimensionality reduction, and interactive critique-based recommenders. The approach will be hands-on, with six week projects, each of which will involve implementation and evaluation of some type of recommender.In addition to topical lectures, this course includes interviews and guest lectures with experts from both academia and industry.Beginning in February 2015, you will be able to earn a Verified Certificate by verifying your identity via a webcam and a government-issued ID. This option will provide formal recognition of your achievements in the course and includes the University of Minnesota logo. Before then, you can complete a “test run” of the exam. You can then re-take the exam after the Verified Certificate becomes available. For information regarding Verified Certificates, see https://courserahelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201212399-Verified-Certificates

Introduction to Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis introductory course provides a framework for incorporating integrative therapies into your work with clients or patients.By the end of the course, you will be able to assess if integrative therapies are good options in specific situations, as well as educate patients and colleagues about benefits and risks.You will be confident discussing the evidence base for integrative therapies in general, with an understanding of some of the challenges of research in this area, and able to identify reliable sources of evidence-based information. You will leave with the skills topartner with patients or clients around use ofthese therapies and a plan to introduce integrative therapies in your work or other setting.Continuing Education CreditThis course has been designed to meet Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for 15 contact hours and may be eligible for CE credit from other professional boards that allow self-documenting of continuing education activities. It is your responsibility to check with your regulatory board to confirm this course meets your local requirements and, if necessary, to provide them with the certificate of completion you get if you pay for and fulfill all the requirements of this course. This course is also approved by ICHWC (Health Coaching) for 15 continuing education units (CEP # 100057).

Medical Technology and Evaluation

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeInnovations in medical technologies are one of the leading areas of economic growth in the world. Whether new technologies take the form of pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, information technology of some combination of these innovations, the opportunities for both private enterprise and social welfare are substantial. However, these innovations are not without cost, and require reimbursement from either a privately or publicly financed health care delivery system to enter the marketplace. This course aims to provide knowledge of the concepts, data, and methodology required to critically evaluate new medical technologies in order to secure financial investment, reimbursement, and regulatory compliance objectives, such as FDA approval. The course is designed to provide understanding of the analytic tools needed to evaluate medical technologies. After completing this course, students will have the skills needed to: - Understand the reimbursement systems financing medical technology use.- Understand the role of government and regulatory agencies in the development and use of new medical technologies.- Identify a population to be served by a medical technology.- Use health care data to evaluate a medical technology.- Perform cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness analysis of a new technology.

Healthcare Marketplace Capstone

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn the Healthcare Marketplace specialization capstone course, key skills are engendered from the four prior courses to create an original medical innovation valuation.The first course in the specialization teaches the learner to size a population or market.The second course teaches whether the clinician will or will not find value from deploying a new innovation.The third course identifies the competitive landscape of medical technology innovations to compete or complement.The fourth course, teaches how to put a monetary value on the improvement in health resulting from a new innovation.The summary of these elements creates a document of high strategic value where the learner has demonstrated not only an understanding of the marketplace but what is required for the marketplace to advance. This is what is accomplished during the Healthcare Marketplace capstone experience.

Nursing Informatics Leaders

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIn this course, we explore the AMIA Nursing Informatics History Project.By the end of the module, you will understand the resources available that will be used in this course to learn about the first hand experiences, future vision, and lessons learned in becoming a nursing informatics pioneer. Course Objectives:•Explore the history of technology and its relationship to the beginning of nursing informatics to understand historical context and evolution of the specialty•Discover the AMIA Nursing Informatics History Project website to gain insight about nursing informatics pioneer leaders and leadership•Explain the criteria used for choosing the pioneering leaders in nursing informatics to understand how the project was conducted and who the pioneers were•Examine leadership lessons learned from one of the pioneers and compare to the insights presented to appreciate diverse historical leadership roles and scenariosNursing Informatics Pioneers – OverviewIn this module, we explore the AMIA Nursing Informatics History Project.By the end of the module, you will understand the resources available that will be used in this course to learn about the first hand experiences, future vision, and lessons learned in becoming a nursing informatics pioneer. Technology and Events Influencing Nursing Informatics PioneersIn this module, we explore the landmark events and milestones of nursing informatics to appreciate when technology developments occurred and how these shaped the specialty of nursing informatics. Technology is defined in this module as both hardware and software. After completing the videos and readings for this module, you will interview a nursing informatics leader or someone in a similar role.In the previous module, one of the activities was to identify someone you want to interview and the questions you plan to ask. After completing your interview, you then will participate in the discussion about technology changes in healthcare and how you, the pioneers, and your interviewee responded to them. Organizational and Network Influences on Pioneer Leadership and AccomplishmentsIn this module, we examine ways in which networks provided opportunities for the development of the pioneers as leaders in nursing informatics. There are many different styles of leadership and the leadership styles vary based on the situation. Pioneers in nursing informatics described styles used to increase the visibility of nursing within interprofessional organizations.After learning about various styles from the pioneers, you will create a visual diagram of people and organizations in your life that shaped your leadership style in specific situations. The discussion this week builds on the visual diagram and is an opportunity for you to share your what you learned about your strengths and opportunities as a leader through developing your network diagram. Pioneers in Nursing Informatics Research and EducationIn this module we will discuss examples of pioneer nursing informatics roles in academia and research to understand their approaches to leadership across cultures and academic settings. The pioneers developed curriculum to mentor the nursing informatics leaders of the future.We will analyze nursing informatics leadership roles as they evolved over time to envision the leadership styles needed to teach, conduct research, and/or administer programs today. Finally, you will synthesize values, insights, and attitudes of three nursing leaders to understand commonalities as exhibited in different scenarios. In your discussion, you will compare how the three pioneers’ insights from this module and those of your interviewee apply to your development as a leader nursing informatics.Nursing Informatics Pioneers in Practice and IndustryIn this module, you will identify the career paths of pioneers in becoming leaders in practice or industry to understand how these careers evolved as nursing informatics became a specialty. Industry is a practice setting for nursing informaticists. We will explore the attitudes, advice, and strategies of nursing informatics pioneers to gain insight into values and beliefs that support improved population health and quality of care. You then will synthesize historical perspectives and compare them with your experience in nursing informatics today to gain insight into attitudes and strategies that support today’s nursing informatics leadership success.

Canine Theriogenology for Dog Enthusiasts

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeEvery dog owner should have some understanding of reproduction, whether they intend to breed that dog or just want to have their dog spayed or castrated. As a dog enthusiast, you want to know what is best for your dog and to understand your veterinarian’s recommendations. This course is intended to give you the background knowledge necessary to help you achieve those goals. Students in this course will learn the basics of anatomy and reproductive physiology necessary to understand reproduction control, and the diagnosis and management of reproductive tract disease in male and female dogs. My goal is to provide you with background information that will help you work with your veterinarian to make the best decisions for your dog.

UI Design Capstone

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis Capstone Course for the UI Design Specialization is a group design project in which you will combine and demonstrate the user research, design/prototyping, and evaluation skills you've learned by designing the solution to one of a set of selected projects.This UI Design Capstone course will close for new learner enrollment on 1/18/2021.On 2021/01/18, we are planning to launch a new version of the Specialization, which will not include the Capstone Project (the fifth Course of the Specialization). Altogether, there will be four courses: Introduction to UI Design, User Research and Design, Prototyping and Design, and Evaluating User Interfaces. With the removal of the Capstone Project, you will be able to receive the Specialization Certificate once you complete all the four courses. To join the new version of the Specialization, you should follow the upgrade flow that will appear when the new version launches on 2021/01/18. Any progress will be carried over to the latest version of the Specialization once you upgrade.

Preparing to Manage Human Resources

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeOne way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to skillfully managing employees by illustrating alternative human resource management (HRM) strategies, introducing the importance of the legal context, and thinking about what motivates employees. This will then give you the factual and conceptual basis for developing specific, critical HRM skills in subsequent courses on hiring employees, managing performance, and rewarding employees. Don't know anything about HRM? That's OK! Leave this course with a new-found understanding of the range of options available for managing employees, a grasp of what makes workers tick, and the readiness to develop your own HRM skills.

Cloud Security Basics

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course introduces you to cybersecurity for the cloud. We'll learn and apply classic security techniques to today’s cloud security problems. We start with a deceptively simple and secure web service and address the problems arising as we improve it. We’ll analyze recent cloud security vulnerabilities using standard, systematic techniques. We’ll build our own web service case studies and construct security solutions for them. Our toolkit contains classic security concepts like Least Privilege and Separation of Duty, as well as more technical cryptographic and access control techniques.

Integrative Nursing

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeYou will identify ways to implement the six principles of Integrative Nursing in your work setting, then learn how to practice and apply specific integrative therapies at work, in alignment with the research evidence and safety and quality considerations. In short, you will be ready to partner with patients on developing a plan of integrative care that fits their needs and preferences. Each course is eligible for Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements and may be eligible for CE credit from other professional boards.

Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics

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Software Development Processes and Methodologies

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeSoftware is quickly becoming integral part of human life as we see more and more automation and technical advancements. Just like we expect car to work all the time and can't afford to break or reboot unexpectedly, software industry needs to continue to learn better way to build software if it were to become integral part of human life.In this course,you will get an overview ofhow software teams work? What processes they use?What are some of the industry standard methodologies? What are pros and cons of each?You will learn enough to have meaningful conversation around software development processes.After completing this course, a learner will be able to 1) Apply core software engineering practices at conceptual level for a given problem. 2) Compare and contrast traditional, agile, and lean development methodologies at high level.These include Waterfall, Rational Unified Process, V model, Incremental, Spiral models and overview of agile mindset 3) Propose a methodology best suited for a given situation

Nursing Informatics Leadership Theory and Practice

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely Free“By the end of this Course, you will be able to…” •Evaluate effective leadership styles for leadership in nursing informatics in clinical or academic contexts to improve leadership success.•Discover core values that support effective nursing informatics leadership in academic and clinical contexts to inform development of a personal leadership mission statement.•Discover competing values and polarities related to knowledge leadership and management to promote successful leadership collaboration.•Determine your personal informatics leadership style based on results from the Minnesota Informatics Leadership Inventory to inform successful leadership practice. •Discuss the value and importance of foresight leadership in nursing informatics to anticipate trends and consequences that are likely to transform the learning health care systemEvaluate effective leadership styles for leadership in nursing informatics in clinical or academic contexts to improve your leadership successOverview: In this module we explore the knowledge complexity archetype and its relationship to leadership. Leadership Scholar Robert Dilts suggests effective leadership involves a mixture of several types of leadership ability. Self-skills have to do with how the leader deploys themselves in situations. Relational skills have to do with the ability to understand, communicate and motivate other people. Strategic thinking skills are necessary to define a desired state with specific goals and objectives.Finally, systemic thinking skills are used to define not only the problem space of a situation or challenge but also the desired state and how to organize the teams and people in the system to achieve that desired state. Leadership requires mastery of self, communication, relationships and mastery of the system.In this module several leadership styles are introduced, and you are invited to reflect on the ones that you most appreciate. Leaders must navigate and negotiate different levels of perspective as they turn visions into action. The Dilts Logical Levels of Leading and Learning conceptual model is a useful leadership framework to structure your thinking about leadership challenges. The model suggests the best leaders align environments, behaviors, capabilities, values and beliefs, identity, mission and visions to create a world to which people want to belong. Discover core values that support effective nursing informatics leadership in academic and clinical contexts to inform development of a personal leadership mission statement, and development planRemember from the last module one of the logical levels of learning and leading was related to values and beliefs. One’s values and beliefs support one’s identity, purpose and mission and provide motivations to lead. Leadership scholar Richard Barrett has developed an evolutionary leadership model built on values and suggests becoming conscious of one’s values supports personal and professional development as people change and grow evolving from self-interest, to personal transformation and beyond to serve the common good. Values are linked with needs and motivations. As one’s needs are satisfied one evolves in terms of awareness, development, and focus.In this module you will have an opportunity to learn about Barrett’s seven levels model and complete a personal values assessment (PVA). You will be invited to reflect on how your personal values influence your leadership style. You will have the change to contemplate what values you want to strengthen and develop.Gaining insight into your needs and motivations will help you craft intentional leadership development plans. Using your values to create a personal leadership mission statement will help clarify your contributions to a group or organization and provide direction for professional development in the future. Discover competing values and polarities related to knowledge leadership and management to promote successful leadership collaborationRecall from earlier modules, leadership is about alignment of vision, mission, purpose, people and processes. Successful organizations and leaders find ways to manage competing values and polarities. Some people in the organization like to create, others compete, some prefer control and some prefer collaboration. Managing competing values promotes creativity and innovation as well as the positive aspects of control and competition. Preferences and perspectives associated with these competing values create polarity dynamics.Polarities are interdependent pairs of values or alternative points of view that seem contrary, yet need each other over time to achieved desired outcomes. Uncovering and managing the missing logic in a polarity dynamic which results from a clash of competing values is an essential informatics leadership skill. Developing an awareness and skills in polarity management will contribute to your leadership success and give you tools to enhance your flexibility and requisite leadership behaviors. The law of requisite variety suggests the agent with the most flexibility in a system will control the system. Mastering competing values and polarity management will support the development of your requisite variety leadership practices. Reflect on results from the Minnesota Nursing Informatics Leadership Inventory (MNLI) to inform successful leadership development and practiceIn this module you can review and reflect on your Minnesota Nursing Informatics Leadership Inventory (MNLI) results.You will also hear nursing informatics leaders speak to the requisite variety of leadership practices that support leadership success. How will the advice they share influence your thinking, feeling, and commitments to leadership action? With insights gained, you will have the chance to revise your personal leadership mission statement. What values guide your work? How does the way you lead influence the systems of care where you work? How do you communicate your leadership style to your peers and colleagues? How do your reflections influence in your thoughts, feelings and future plans for action? How will you develop the requisite leadership behaviors and practices to support your success? Discuss the value and importance of foresight leadership in nursing informatics to anticipate trends and consequences that are likely to transform the learning health care systemNursing foresight is the ability and act of forecasting what will be needed in the future in light of emergent health care trends that have consequences for population and planetary health, as well as the profession’s purpose, definition, professional scope, and standards of practice. Foresight leadership in nursing requires the development of future literacy skills. Futures literacy invites people to create and share stories about the future to inform current practice and realities. Nurses who bridge innovations across contexts must become time-conscious, future literate, and enact requisite variety leadership practices.This requires insight about self and others’ orientations toward time, appreciation for the value of innovation and design thinking and attention to active monitoring of industry trends, forecasts and disruptions. Foresight leadership is a function of discerning logical consequences of trends and developing vision based scenarios using futures thinking tools, techniques and methods. Nursing informatics leaders must stimulate strategic conversations about espoused visions looking backwards from the future. Foresight leadership helps people and organizations anticipate and create the future rather than react to emerging futures. Nursing informatics leaders are in a position to create a legacy and position organizations for success, through intentional use of foresight leadership knowledge, principles, practices and strategies.

Creative Problem Solving

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course deals directly with your ability for creativity which is a critical skill in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking, the ability to develop multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of creativity building exercises, short lectures, and readings, learners develop both an understanding of creativity and increase their own ability.This course will help you understand the role of creativity and innovation in your own work and in other disciplines.It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that exploration.This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to others. The principal learning activity in the course is a series of "differents" where you are challenged to identify and change your own cultural, habitual, and normal patterns of behavior. Beginning with a prompt, e.g. "eat something different", you will begin to recognize your own = limits and to overcome them. In addition, you are encouraged to understand that creativity is based on societal norms, and that by it's nature, it will differ from and be discouraged by society. In this course, the persistence of the creative person is developed through practice. At the same time, these exercises are constrained by concerns of safety, legality, and economics, which are addressed in their creative process.

Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeBy the end of this course, you will be able to assess when mindfulness may be helpful for your patients or clients, educate them about its potential benefits, and refer them to mindfulness programs and resources. To begin, you will explore what mindfulness is (and is not) through presentations and direct experience. You will also learn about the research supporting the benefits (and risks) of mindfulness for various conditions, as well as how to identify contraindications. Finally, you will learn about the benefits of this practice for you as a busy healthcare provider.Continuing Education CreditThis course has been designed to meet Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for 10 contact hours and may be eligible for CE credit from other professional boards that allow self-documenting of continuing education activities. It is your responsibility to check with your regulatory board to confirm this course meets your local requirements and, if necessary, to provide them with the certificate of completion you get if you pay for and fulfill all the requirements of this course.