Home » Courses » Health & Fitness » General Health » Patient Care » Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise

Disclosure: when you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise

Name: Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise
Rating: 8.6 (427 reviews)

Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise will introduce learners to the concepts and benefits of physical therapy and exercise. Over s...

4.6

☆☆☆☆☆ 4.6/5

(427 reviews)

24,854 students

Created by

Dina Brooks, PhD, PT

Best Patient Care classes:

Classbaze Rating

Classbaze Grade®

8.6 / 10

CourseMarks Score® helps students to find the best classes. We aggregate 18 factors, including freshness, student feedback and content diversity.

Freshness

Course content can become outdated quite quickly. After analysing 71,530 courses, we found that the highest rated courses are updated every year. If a course has not been updated for more than 2 years, you should carefully evaluate the course before enrolling.

Popularity

8.3 / 10

We analyzed factors such as the rating (4.6/5) and the ratio between the number of reviews and the number of students, which is a great signal of student commitment.

New courses are hard to evaluate because there are no or just a few student ratings, but Student Feedback Score helps you find great courses even with fewer reviews.

Material

8.5 / 10

Video Score: 7.8 / 10

The course includes 1h 41m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.

The average video length is 4 hours 10 minutes of 71 Patient Care courses on Coursera.

Detail Score: 7.7 / 10

The top online course contains a detailed description of the course, what you will learn and also a detailed description about the instructor.

Extra Content Score: 9.8 / 10

Tests, exercises, articles and other resources help students to better understand and deepen their understanding of the topic.

This course contains:

20 articles.

0 resource.

0 exercise.

13 tests or quizzes.

In this page

About this course

The course will teach you this

What you need to START the course

Who can start this course?

General questions

Coupons & Discounts

Guarantees & money back

Financial aid

Teacher

Classbaze hand picked recommendations

About the course

Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise will introduce learners to the concepts and benefits of physical therapy and exercise. Over six weeks learners will explore:

Why physical activity and exercise are important,
Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease,
Exercise and Osteoporosis,
Exercise and Cancer,
Common Sports Injuries,
Exercise and Arthritis

What can you learn from this course?

What you need to start the course?

There is no prerequisite, anyone can begin this course.. This course is also great for beginners without any Patient Care knowledge.

Who is this course is made for?

This course is suitable for beginners.

Are there coupons or discounts for Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise ? What is the current price?

Access to most course materials is FREE in audit mode on Coursera. If you wish to earn a certificate and access graded assignments, you must purchase the certificate experience during or after your audit.

If the course does not offer the audit option, you can still take a free 7-day trial.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise course?

Coursera offers a 7-day free trial for subscribers.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

YES, you can get a scholarship or Financial Aid for Coursera courses. The first step is to fill out an application about your educational background, career goals, and financial circumstances. Learn more about financial aid on Coursera.

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Dina Brooks, PhD, PT?

Dina Brooks, PhD, PT has created 1 courses that got 110 reviews which are generally positive. Dina Brooks, PhD, PT has taught 24,854 students and received a 4.67 average review out of 110 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Dina Brooks, PhD, PT is an instructor that you can trust.

Learn everything about

Dina Brooks, PhD, PT

Department of Physical Therapy

University of Toronto

Dr. Dina Brooks is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. She is presently involved in research in two main patient populations: individuals with lung disease and those with heart disease. She also teaches students who are training to become physical therapists.

Dina Brooks, PhD, PT's full profile and courses »