Free (or discounted) Online Courses While You #StayAtHome
As the world experiences the first widespread pandemic in a century, chiropractors and students everywhere are finding themselves self-isolated at home. While some might use it as a chance to catch up on movies, play video games, or just sleep, it can also be a great chance to increase your skills and learn more about your craft!
Here’s a list of free or discounted online courses to fill your brain.
I’ll do my best to keep this updated over the next few weeks.
Don’t miss my video on the Top Online CE for DCs
Ryan deBell has a number of great online mobility courses and workshops. He put together a free (well, name your own price) workout that requires nothing more than a bath towel.
COVID-19 on FutureLearn
Since the coronavirus has you homebound, you may as well learn more about it. This free course from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine covers what is known about the outbreak of COVID-19, how SARS-CoV-2 emerged and was identified, public health measures in response to the pandemic (including the reasons you’re quarantined right now), and what more we need to know.
It is presented by public health experts via video, audio, articles, and self-quizzes.
Here are a few more coronavirus courses offered by Physiospot.
Pain Summit Online
The San Diego Pain Summit is an annual gathering of the best minds in the biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain. Past speakers include Lorimer Mosely, Peter O’Sullivan, Michael Shacklock, Greg Lehman, Todd Hargrove, Diane Jacobs, Bahram Jam, and so many more.
They have made access to their 60+ hours of pain education and research FREE until April 15, 2020.
Just sign up as usual and use coupon code: PAINEDUCATION.
Dr. Matt Skalski is a chiropractic radiologist, associate professor of radiology at Palmer College of Chiropractic, talented 3D illustrator, and senior editor at Radiopaedia.org.
He has started up a new online CE platform, ChiroLight. His first course, which is free, covers femoroacetabular joint anatomy, and then focuses on the various pathoanatomical features associated with FAI, and how to accurately assess for these on X-ray and MRI.
50%* off PainScience Books from Paul Ingraham
I’m a huge fan of the writings from Paul Ingraham of PainScience.com. “WHAT?!” you say. “That guy is anti-chiropractic!”
Well, no, he’s pro-science and does a damn good job of evaluating research, condensing the findings into layman’s terms, and writing it up in free articles or putting together some of the most comprehensive educational ebooks on musculoskeletal conditions around.1
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And his pop-up notes are geekily inspiring. ↩︎
Paul is offering a 50% rebate for anyone financially effected by COVID-19, be it under- or unemployment. It’s on the honor system, so don’t go taking advantage of him!
Dr. Shawn Thistle is a Canadian-based chiropractor who offers research reviews and continuing education courses, both in-person and online.
In honor of #StayAtHome he is offering a 30% discount on his online courses. Just use coupon code: HOME30.
As if that weren’t generous enough, if you’re a recent grad or otherwise new to practice (5 years or less), RRS Education will give you a personal coupon code worth $250 for use toward online courses. Just drop Shawn an e-mail.
Be sure to check whether your region is approved for CE. He tells me he’s working on PACE approval for us southerners in the USA.)
For you sports chiropractors, or fans of MLS and the Premier League, you can take a comprehensive course (like, 40+ modules!) on everything soccer. It’s all free, really well put together, and earns you a fancy diploma when you’re done.
Be sure to check out their annual conference and podcast, while you’re at it.
Psychological First Aid | Johns Hopkins University
This ongoing free course from Coursera will likely come in handy as you deal with family, friends, and patients over the next few weeks.
Anticipatory grief, as one author described it, is rampant right now and will likely turn into true, realized grief as this pandemic fades.
Gain some listening and reflecting skills to help yourself and others cope with the psychological and emotional fallout of COVID-10.
Headspace for Healthcare Workers
Mindfulness practice is paying dividends for those who have cultivated an awareness of the mechanics of their mind. But it’s not too late to begin peering inside your consciousness.
Headspace is one of the leading apps for helping everyone reduce anxiety and worry. They’re offering their Pro subscription to healthcare workers in the U.S. for free through the end of 2020. All you need to provide is your NPI number. No NPI yet? They have a collection of meditations available on their website.
My preferred app, Waking Up, is offering free access to those who can’t afford it due to the pandemic. Just send them an email, no questions asked.
Check out these other free mindfulness sessions from Calm, as well.
This online course is the prerequisite to the live, in-person certification course offered by Certified Running Gait Analysis. The group provides running courses for physical therapists, chiropractors, and other rehab professionals.
This essentials course is usually $200, but it is available for FREE with coupon code: CORONASTINKS.
Do you have a collection of patients with interesting conditions you’ve helped treat? This down time isn’t just great for continuing education - have your hand at writing up some case reports for publication!
The Helfgott Institute, part of National University of Natural Medicine, in partnership with the University of Washington, are offering a free micro-course on writing case reports. It’s based on the CARE Guidelines and covers topics such as nutritional interventions, mind and body interventions, and pain, with templates and guides to constructing a case report.
There are a few steps to register based on information from the Northwest Integrative Health Professionals Facebook page:
Go to: https://research.nunm.edu
Select “New Account”.
Complete information.
Respond to email notification to verify account (also check your SPAM).
Log-in to the page.
Select “BRIDG Micro-Course in CIH Case Reports” at the bottom.
Enter enrollment key: “casereports”.
Access materials.
Harvard’s Health & Medicine Online Courses
Harvard University was early to the online-courses game, becoming one of the first to offer many of their lectures via iTunesU. They now have a comprehensive catalog of courses on their website, wit4 14 results if you filter for FREE and HEALTH & MEDICINE.
There is a lot to learn from Principles of Biochemistry to Fundamentals of Neuroscience and Global Health.