Medical Sociology Course

What will I learn?

Get to understand the important things about health and healthcare in The Gambia with our Medical Sociology Course. This course is made for health workers who want to know more about how our healthcare system works, who can get healthcare, and how good the healthcare is. You'll learn about the difference between government and private healthcare, how society affects people's health, and how to write good reports and give presentations. You'll also learn how to help make better healthcare policies and compare our healthcare to other places, so you can help fix the problems with healthcare and make things better for patients. Join us to improve your knowledge and make a difference in our community.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Understand our healthcare system: Compare government and private healthcare in The Gambia.

Look at who can get healthcare: Find out what stops people from getting healthcare and how money and where they live affects it.

Help make healthcare policies: Create and check if healthcare policies are working well.

Improve your report writing: Learn how to put reports together, check them carefully, and make them better.

Check how good healthcare is: See how well patients are doing and if they are happy with the healthcare they get.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.