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      University of Michigan

      Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

      Skills you'll gain: Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Determinants Of Health, Social Justice, Health Policy, Medicaid, Health Systems, Diversity Awareness, Health Care, Managed Care, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Medicare

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Effective Marketing in the Global Marketplace

      Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Marketing, Value Propositions, Global Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Diversity Marketing, Content Marketing, Brand Strategy, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Social Media Marketing, Market Research, Consumer Behaviour

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Knowledge Accelerators

      The ABC's of GDPR: Protecting Privacy in an Online World

      Skills you'll gain: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Information Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Compliance Management, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Data Ethics, Data Management, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Data Security, Data Integrity, Global Marketing, Record Keeping, Data Processing

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Lausanne

      Healthy Urban systems Part 2 : Theories, models and tools

      Skills you'll gain: Health Systems, Systems Thinking, Health Policy, Public Health, Model Based Systems Engineering, Simulation and Simulation Software, Systems Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Control Systems, Social Determinants Of Health

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Irvine

      External Communications Channels

      Skills you'll gain: Corporate Communications, Media Relations, Strategic Communication, Target Audience, Public Relations, Social Media Management, Social Media, Stakeholder Communications, Customer Communications Management, Press Releases, Marketing and Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Branding, Brand Management, Communication Strategies, Social Media Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Internal Communications, Content Marketing

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California, Irvine

      Use Tableau for Your Data Science Workflow

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Data Presentation, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Tableau Software, Data Ethics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Heat Maps, Data Analysis, Descriptive Analytics, Geospatial Information and Technology, Analytical Skills, Application Deployment, Network Analysis, Financial Data, Data Integrity

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      Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM Data Privacy for Information Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Information Privacy, Data Governance, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Security, Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Strategy, Metadata Management

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Macquarie University

      Cyber Security: Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Security Awareness, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Risk, Mobile Security, Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Governance, Malware Protection, Cyber Security Policies, Cyber Security Assessment, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Data Security, Cyber Threat Hunting, Human Factors (Security), Email Security, Identity and Access Management, Security Management, Security Strategy, Multi-Factor Authentication, Cloud Security

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Applying Data Analytics in Accounting

      Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Internal Controls, Accounting Software, Auditing, Fraud detection, Accounting, Data Quality, Alteryx, Business Process Automation, Pandas (Python Package), Automation, Data Analysis, Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Python Programming, GitHub

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Computing, Ethics, and Society Foundations

      Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Computer Security Awareness Training, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Responsible AI, Information Privacy, Media and Communications, Personally Identifiable Information, Artificial Intelligence, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Data Collection

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnKartS

      Introduction to AWS

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Public Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Security, Network Architecture, Virtual Machines, Resource Management, Cost Management, Scalability

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      27 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Codio

      Understanding ISO Security Standards for Your Organization

      Skills you'll gain: ISO/IEC 27001, Risk Management, Personally Identifiable Information, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Business Risk Management, Security Controls, System Implementation, Security Awareness, Information Privacy, Security Management, Security Strategy

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular public policy courses

    • Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare: University of Michigan
    • Effective Marketing in the Global Marketplace: Coursera Instructor Network
    • The ABC's of GDPR: Protecting Privacy in an Online World : Knowledge Accelerators
    • Healthy Urban systems Part 2 : Theories, models and tools : University of Lausanne
    • External Communications Channels: University of California, Irvine
    • Use Tableau for Your Data Science Workflow: University of California, Irvine
    • IBM Data Privacy for Information Architecture: IBM
    • Cyber Security: Essentials: Macquarie University
    • Applying Data Analytics in Accounting: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Computing, Ethics, and Society Foundations: University of Colorado Boulder

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