This year’s FREE Physiopedia MOOC is focussing on the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI).  The AI Masterclass for Healthcare Professionals takes place between Monday 7 October and Friday 15 November. To join this free learning experience make sure you complete the following pre-course activities before the course starts.

1. Register for the course

Make sure that you have registered to participate (no need to do this again if you have already registered).

2. Make sure that you are receiving emails from us

We will be sending emails before and during the course so please make sure that our emails are not going into your spam folder or any other folder that it might be filtered into. Make sure that you have white listed @physio-pedia.com emails. You can see how to do that here. Previous emails related to this course are here:

10 September 2024: Register now for the 2024 FREE Physiopedia MOOC
30 September 2024: Pre-course activities for becoming a master AI user

3. Read the course information

Please make sure that you have thoroughly read through the course information page as this will give you an understanding of the contents of this course and what is expected of you during your participation. We would also like you to be aware of the FAQs for this course, this is a very busy course and we get too many emails to answer them all. Your question is usually answered on this page so we won’t be responding to any emails that ask questions that are answered here.

4. Learn how to get the most out of the MOOC

The following video provides a great description of the five steps that will help you to have success in a MOOC. It considers a number of things you can do to make your experience of this MOOC more beneficial and interactive, and get more out of your participation.

5. Sign up for a Plus account

The course will be available on our online learning platform at Physiopedia Plus. The course can be accessed with either a FREE Trial Account or a Full member account. If you already have an account you do not need to do anything, if you do not have an account you can sign up for the FREE Trial Account here.

You can also use the Plus app on phones and tablets, it is available through Google Play and the Apple App Store. Anyone can download the app. You need to have Trial, Full or Pro Plus membership to access the courses through the app.

6.  FREE MOOC webinars – Registration coming soon!

The MOOC Webinars in weeks 5 and 6 of the course are FREE for all, attendance is optional but please register in advance if you wish to join – details of how to register will be sent out by email soon.

AI for Personal Productivity with a Practical Guide to Integrating AI into your Workflow – Tuesday 5 November at 9 am EST (2 pm UK time)
AI in Health Systems for Understanding the Implications for Professional Practice – Tuesday 12 November at 12 pm (noon) EST (5 pm UK time)

Please note that due to a limit on the Zoom attendance capacity, the live webinar will permit attendees to join on a first-come and first-served basis.

7. Read the Plus Community Culture

This community culture has been developed to foster a professional community of learning among course participants. It is our shared set of beliefs, expectations and values that influence our individual learning and the ways in which the individuals in our community interact with one another and collaborate to achieve common objectives. As a participant of this course you should read and make sure that you agree to our community culture.

8. Introduce yourself in the discussion forum

Discussions for each course will take place in our Plus Forum. Participating in the discussion forum is highly recommended as you’ll have the chance to try out your new skills in AI prompt writing and share your experience with others. Please contribute responsibly and professionally and adhere to our discussion forum rules:

Remember patient confidentiality! Do not disclose any information that enables us to identify your patients.
Be respectful and empathetic to those where English is not their first language.
Remain professional at all times.

Everyone participating in this course will have different levels of experience using AI, and each and every experience is a learning opportunity. We can all learn from each other! With that in mind, before the start of the MOOC please introduce yourself in the forum, including the following information about you:

where you work or study
your experience using AI
why you have decided to take this course
one thing you are hoping to gain from this course

Introduce yourself here (you will need to be logged into your Plus account to access the forum).

If you are working in a group

Some people find it useful to work through the course as a group. This is particularly useful where:

you wish to discuss the course content with colleagues in relation to your specific work context
you wish to supplement the course content with additional activities
your first language is not English
you have poor internet and someone else has downloaded the course content for you to work through together

If you are taking this approach to the course you will find this Group Study Guide document useful.

And that’s it! From Monday 7 October the first course will be ready to start here, and we can’t wait to see you in the discussion forums. Happy learning!