The Medical Futurist

I completed this course over a month ago, and the videos were quite interesting to watch, the quizzes reinforced everything I have learnt from the videos of each section, and the assignment was very useful because I did some research and even read stories about things related to the tasks. Thank you very much for everyone who created this course! I would highly recommend medical students to register for this course.

TMF provides a great perspective of what Digital Health means, how healthcare industry will look in the future and of course understand the important role of the technology to create better lives for patients with the core values: Emphaty, Atention and Time.

I found the course incredibly insightful. Did all the extra readings, was worth it. Greatest ROI by far, compared to other courses.

Amazing curriculum, covered it well, enjoyed my time, and learned new concepts, Thank you for putting this together!

For me this transformation is deeply personal. It's ESSENTIAL that everyone, patients and clinicians alike, realize that the world is changed and healthcare is now a partnership with empowered patients. No writing I've seen anywhere has spelled this out as impactfully as this course. I'm a survivor of a near-fatal cancer who is alive in part because my physicians were visionaries (in 2007!) who understood that patients can be genuine contributors to their care and that not all knowledge resides in academic medical centers. They welcomed my engagement and consulted with me on advice I got from patients. My median survival at diagnosis was 24 weeks, and I almost died, but I pulled through. Since then I've become, like Berci, a keynote speaker in healthcare from the patient's perspective, attending 650 events in 26 countries, so I've heard a LOT discussions about the future of care, and as I say, nothing anywhere spells it out as clearly as this course. As with any culture change, some will resist, but I know what the future has in store for them. I heard it from Nobel winning physicist Max Planck: "A new truth does not win acceptance by convincing its opponents. It wins acceptance because its opponents eventually die." Importantly, he added "... and a new generation comes up" that's familiar with the new truth. Note: the course is SO full of potent, provocative thoughts that it took me hours to get through some sections: I was compelled to re-read or listen again to a video then go research to convince myself. This is a highly compressed course, so don't let its modest length fool you. It holds the keys to a new view of the future of health and care.

I've learned a lot from this online course. Feeling excited to explore & implement ideas learned from here. Looking forward to having more online courses like that in the future.