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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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Partnering to Heal - health.gov
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Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) The Impact of Anemia | National Kidney Foundation
This activity addresses the clinical challenge of treating anemia in CKD. Content focuses on CKD-related anemia and...
Healthcare, Frugal Innovation, and Professional Voluntarism | SpringerLink
This book investigates what international placements of healthcare employees in low resource settings add to the UK...
MoMo - Moving MOOC: Science 2.0 & Open Research Methods
Starting Nov 12, 2018, in the Moving MOOC (MOMO), young scholars and early career researchers (ECR) will learn to use...
Lotus Birth/Umbilical Non-Severance: What to Expect
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Biological Molecules - You Are What You Eat: Crash Course Biology #3
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Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology #18
Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the...
Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9
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Biomolecules (Updated)
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Long Saphenous Vein Nerve and Pes Anserinus with Clinical Aspects - Sanjoy Sanyal
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Anterior Leg - Foot Dorsum Muscles Nerve and Artery - Sanjoy Sanyal
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Anterior-Lateral Leg Compartments Muscles Nerves and Artery - Sanjoy Sanyal
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Posterior Leg Triceps Surae Deep Muscles and Neurovascular Structures – Sanjoy Sanyal
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Popliteal Fossa Boundaries Contents and Clinical Aspects – Sanjoy Sanyal
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Posterior Thigh Muscles – Hip Extensors and Knee Flexors HD Video – Sanjoy Sanyal
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Medial Thigh Muscles – Hip Adductors HD Video – Sanjoy Sanyal
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Femoral Triangle Adductor Canal Nerve-Vessels – Femoral Canal Hernia - Sanjoy Sanyal
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