14 Bachelor of Health Sciences
Anatomy & Physiology: OpenStax
This text was a collaboration among many anatomy and physiology professors and was developed using pedagogical practices. This textbook has been successfully adopted, adapted, and has an average 4.9/5 professor rating.
Includes: Instructor resources, case studies, student resources, simulations, exercises, solutions, and critical thinking questions.
Human Biology
This text provides an overview of the human body systems and processes as well as covers immunology and fetal development.
Includes: Simulations, exercises, solutions, and critical thinking questions.
Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions
This text was developed in collaboration with various healthcare professionals from many institutions across Canada. The text is centered around patient care activities such as challenging their unconscious assumptions about a patient’s race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and evaluation of learning.
Includes: Exercises, and critical thinking questions.
Human Biochemistry
This is a comprehensive text meant for university-level biochemistry courses covering topics such as cellular structure, lipid structure, carbohydrate, DNA, binding, transport, kinetics, metabolism, catalysis, oxidation, and signal transduction. There are links and references for further investigation and chapter-based questions. This largely imitates commercial biochemistry textbooks.
Includes: Simulations, exercises, solutions, and critical thinking questions.
Introduction to Data Science
This text was created by a Harvard University professor with collaborations from several individuals. This book introduces concepts and skills that can help tackle real-world data analysis challenges. It covers concepts from probability, statistical inference, linear regression, and machine learning. It also helps you develop skills such as R programming, data wrangling, data visualization, algorithm building, file organization, version control with Git and GitHub, and reproducible document preparation with knitr and R markdown. The book is divided into six parts: R, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Statistics with R, Machine Learning, and Productivity Tools.
Includes: Case studies, exercises, sample code, and software instructions.
Principles of Pharmacology – Study Guide
This text was created by the University of Minnesota by a professor in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. This text is a succinct guide of fundamental pharmacology topics such as; drug-receptor interactions, classification of receptors, responses to stimulation, signal transductions, and autonomic nervous system.
Includes: Flowcharts, and related scientific terminology charts.
Foundations of Epidemiology
This text was created by a professor of epidemiology at Oregon State University. This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. The goals of this text are to teach how to read an epidemiologic study, understand the methodology, reasoning for the methodology, quality of study, sources of bias, understand the statistics involved, and errors in results.
Includes: Case studies, flowcharts, and glossary.
Medicine LibreTexts
A collection of open textbooks, assignments, and other educational resources on medicine. Topics include allied health, anatomy and physiology, basic science, medicine, nutrition, nursing and pharmacology,
Includes: Virtual laboratories, visualizations and worksheets.
Building a Medical Terminology Foundation
Building a Medical Terminology Foundation is an OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology.
Includes: Interactive reinforcement activities, examples, videos, concept check, and vocabulary list.
Health Professions Education Research Primer
This is a joint project between the McMaster Education Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT) unit, McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Program for Faculty Development within the Office of CPD, and the McMaster Masters in Health Sciences Education program. Health Professions Education Research Primer aims to set a strong foundation in understanding research and prepare students for academic endeavours.
Includes: Examples, key takeaways, suggested resources, vignette, and exercises.
Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students
An undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge across the disciplines of genetics, cell biology and biochemistry. This text is designed for a course in first year undergraduate medical course that is delivered typically before students start to explore systems physiology and pathophysiology.
Includes: Examples, summaries and instructor resources (available via a sharing portal at https://oercommons.org/groups/pre-clinical-resources/10133/).
Human Nutrition: 2020 Edition
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Includes: Learning activities, and summaries.
Human Nutrition in a Canadian Context
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients and how the scientific method should be used to make nutrition-related decisions.
Includes: Everyday connections.
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
This book is designed to follow an introductory Human Nutrition and Metabolism course. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle builds on the knowledge of nutrients and their metabolism, and the interactions between eating and chronic disease.
Includes: Videos, and main points.
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
This textbook is largely based on OpenStax’s Anatomy & Physiology and has been developed to focus on the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology for students.
Includes: Section reviews, review questions, and critical thinking questions.
Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare
This open access, online resource consists of 38 short chapters from a variety of experts, academics, and practitioners in northern and Indigenous health and health care from around the Circumpolar North on the following themes: health issues in northern and Indigenous communities; health systems and governance; the social determinants of health in northern and Indigenous communities; culture and health; and professional practice in rural/remote/isolated communities.
Includes: Review questions.
An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed.
This interactive textbook introduces students to the nature of science and throughly delves into organismal and molecular biology. It is designed to allow for students to learn and check their understanding in one place, through the interactive material embedded in each chapter.
Includes: Interactive exercises, examples, interactive images, videos, interactive quizzes, podcasts, and case studies.
Leadership in Healthcare and Public Health
A diverse group of graduate students from health services, health management, health professions and a diverse group of mid-career professionals engaged in obtaining a Master of Public Health came together to share their collective learning experience through Leadership in Healthcare and Public Health.
Perspectives on Bias in Medicine
This book will allow the medical learner to identify and acknowledge bias in the medical setting through the eyes of patients, medical professionals, and content experts who discuss their experiences with this subject. Learners will use self-assessment via the Implicit Bias Test created by Harvard University’s Project Implicit, and reflection through knowledge checks, to solidify learning. It is written in dedication to our future medical professionals and patients we care for with the hopes of cultivating compassion through self-knowledge and awareness.
Includes: Self-exploration exercises, videos, and knowledge checks.
Finding Evidence-based Information for Health Sciences Student
This series of information literacy modules will help post-secondary students in the health sciences (especially Nursing) find and use reliable information for class assignments. It covers the essential steps from developing a topic to searching databases to evaluating resources to writing an academic paper and citing sources in APA style.
Includes: Videos, and test your knowledge activities.
Comprehensive Midwifery: The role of the midwife in health care practice, education, and research
The re-emergence of midwifery as a primary health care profession is one of the great stories of Canadian health care systems, but this story has been largely undocumented. This invaluable interactive e-book details the history and philosophy of midwifery, how current midwifery theory and policies are developed, and the role of education and research in advancing the field. Comprehensive Midwifery includes a special focus on the social determinants of women’s health throughout Canada and the world, the principle of health care as a human right, and the principles and scope of midwifery practice. A must-read for Canadian student midwives and others interested in midwifery.
Includes: Reflections, external links, and key points summary.
Human Anatomy Self-Assessment Review Questions
Human anatomy is one of the foundational disciplines in the training of health care professionals. Knowledge of human structure at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels serves as a framework for the study of normal function and dysfunction. This workbook presents a series of questions related to a particular area of anatomy. Answers to those questions are included at the end of the book. This approach to self-assessment in basic human anatomy will be helpful to students in preparing for clinical-based learning activities as well as for other types of knowledge assessment and evaluation.
Includes: Review questions.
Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students
Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of pulmonary pathophysiology. The text is meant to provide the essential information in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have an understanding of basic pulmonary physiology that will be helpful to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts.
Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students
Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of common cardiovascular diseases, disorders and pathologies. The text is meant to provide the essential information from these content areas in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have an understanding of basic cardiovascular physiology that will be helpful to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts.
Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students
Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students covers neuroenergetics, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and selected amino acid metabolism and degradation. This text is designed to provide the essential biochemical information from these content areas in a concise format to enable students to engage in an active classroom. With its focus on high-yield concepts, this resource will assist the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation.
Allied Health Microbiology
The Microbiology OpenStax textbook has been modified to be a better fit for an Allied Health Microbiology class offered to students, with unwarranted detail being removed to streamline the information being presented.
Includes: Check your understanding questions, links to learning, micro connections, disease profiles and summaries.
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
Includes: Interactive activities, examples, concept checks, videos, test yourself activities, and vocabulary lists.