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Welcome to the MERLOT Health Sciences Portal, an educational resource for health professionals. You are invited to join MERLOT―it's free―and contribute to this growing community of health professionals, health professional educators, and students by using the learning materials, submitting your own modules and assignments for evaluation, and learning ideas to help you learn as well as teach in a variety of settings.

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This overview and information is for health care professionals and students to understand and value the upcoming technology and medical advances related to genomics. It can be used in the classroom as a Powerpoint Presentation or assigned to students or health care staff for self-study.

Genetics and Genomics in Health Care in MERLOT

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Smithsonian Open Access: Create. Imagine. Discover
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Personal and Social Frameworks for Nutrition and Healthy Aging
Provides an overview of the impact of nutrition on aging and the impact of aging on nutrient needs. Examines food access,...
Solve the Outbreak | Mobile Activities | CDC
As stated by the author the it is an interactive app a simulate the learners ability to becoming a disease detective. The...
CardioVisual | Heart Health App: Built by Cardiologists
Free heart health information in an easy-to-use mobile app for doctors, patients and anyone who wants to keep their heart...
Hospital Readmission Challenge | Jump Simulation
The material is a mobile app to allow more in depth knowledge about hospital readmissions. As stated by the authors it is...
CDCs Health IQ App
Race against the clock to earn more points or use hints when you are stumped. Each quiz delivers a mix of 10 questions.
Foundations of Epidemiology
This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading...
EMT-Basic/Preparatory/Introduction
In the United States alone, there are over 750,000 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics who have received...
Improving Understanding and Collaboration Among First Responders
This unique training addresses the institutional culture of five responder groups: law enforcement, EMS, fire, public...
Health Case Studies
Health Case Studies is composed of eight separate health case studies. Each case study includes the patient narrative or...
Cardiac Exam III: Abnormal Heart Sounds | Protocol
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The Over 40 Ab Solution
Shaun Hadsall’s Over 40 Ab Solution is a 12-minute metabolic trick to reactivate declining fat loss hormones and increase...
LGBTQ Training For Nurses and Other Healthcare Providers
Make an account and complete the LGBTQ training for a CEU. It's free.
Digital Histology
The teaching of histology increasingly relies on digital resources in lieu of traditional microscope laboratories....
Overthrowing Anxiety Disorder Program: The End Of Anxiety
Christian Goodman’s Overthrowing Anxiety (The End Of Anxiety) is an online program that overcame anxiety disorder and...
Adverse Effects of Folexin - Systematic Review & Analysis
Hair loss is a situation that has been concerning for a lot of adults lately. Use of chemicals, stress and environmental...
An Introduction to Nutrition
Welcome to Essentials of Nutrition: A Functional Approach! This book is written for students who are not majoring in...
Human Nutrition
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185...
The Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol: Hemorrhoids Horror Healed
Scott Davis’s Hemorrhoids Healing Protocol (Hemorrhoids Horror Healed) is a three-week online program that designed to...
Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science...
Yoga in Transformation
Ever since the emergence of yoga-related practices and teachings in South Asia around 500 BCE, yoga has shown a protean...
Mind-Body Medicine in Children and Adolescents
A central theme of the Special Issue is the importance of enhancing self-efficacy in pediatric patients. The field of...
Pediatric Palliative Care
At least 20 million children worldwide would benefit from Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) annually, and eight million...

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