Les infos clés
En résumé
This is a survey course on the principles of Clinical Toxicology. The emphasis will be pre-hospital and emergency hospital management of poisonings with a case-oriented lecture format. The topics are prioritized by prevalence of human poisoning, natural and synthetic toxins, and target organ effects.
Le programme
Lectures will be provided by the following speakers as follows:
Week 1: General Principles & Household Hazards — Tom Kearney
Week 2: Plants & Mushrooms — Ilene Anderson
Week 3: Venoms — Lee Cantrell
Week 4: Stimulants — Patil Armenian
Week 5: Depressants — Kent Olson
Week 6: ED Management & Assessment — Craig Smollin
Week 7: Final exam
Les intervenants
- Thomas Kearney - Managing Director, San Francisco Division, California Poison Control System
Le concepteur

The University of California, San Francisco, is dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and high-quality patient care. UC San Francisco is the only campus in the University of California system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. UCSF's innovative, collaborative approaches for health care, research and education span disciplines across the health sciences and make it a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation into improved health.
La plateforme

Coursera est une entreprise numérique proposant des formations en ligne ouverte à tous fondée par les professeurs d'informatique Andrew Ng et Daphne Koller de l'université Stanford, située à Mountain View, Californie.
Ce qui la différencie le plus des autres plateformes MOOC, c'est qu'elle travaille qu'avec les meilleures universités et organisations mondiales et diffuse leurs contenus sur le web.