Online courses from WHO, UNESCO, the NHS, professional bodies and universities, grouped by cost. We do not run or endorse these courses and receive nothing from them. Prices, credits and availability were checked on 1 Nov 2026; confirm them with the provider before you enrol.
World Health Organization (OpenWHO)
WHO’s six ethical principles for AI in health and how to govern AI.
Free record of achievement and open badgeSelf-paced · beginnerAll health professionals, policy-makersEnglish, with other UN languages
World Health Organization (OpenWHO)
One worked case of building ethics into an AI screening tool.
Free certificateAbout 2.5 hours · after the course aboveDevelopers, researchers, cliniciansEnglish
UNESCO with LG AI Research (Coursera)
Putting UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI into practice.
Free, certificate includedAbout 10 hours · intermediatePolicy, research and leadershipEnglish and other languages
American Nurses Association
AI ethics in nursing, generative AI and access to care, and nurse-led AI design.
Free; 4 ANCC contact hoursPodcast-basedNursesEnglish
American Medical Association with University of Michigan (AMA Ed Hub)
Basics of AI and machine learning, ethics and law, and using AI in the health system.
Free7 modulesStudents, physicians, educators, other health professionalsEnglish
NHS England (NHS Learning Hub)
Using generative AI safely at work and bringing it into services.
Free; login needed3 tracks: all staff, leaders, digital teamsAll health and care staff, managersEnglish
Some items may need an NHS account.
NHS England (NHS Learning Hub)
How AI works, ethics and regulation, putting AI in place and evaluating it, following the NHS AI capability framework.
Free; login needed6 areas, any levelHealth workforceEnglish
Some items may need an NHS account.
University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn
General AI literacy: what AI is, and what it can and cannot do.
Free certificateSelf-paced · beginner, no maths or codingEveryoneMany languages; an Arabic version is offered in the Gulf
Virtual Medical Academy
Practical uses of AI in everyday clinical work, taught in Arabic.
Free; no CPD hours8 lessonsHealth professionalsArabic
Available until 31 Dec 2026.
Elsevier
Hands-on use of generative AI in clinical work.
Free; 1.5 CME / 1.5 nursing CPD creditsShort self-paced modulesPhysicians, nurses, pharmacists, researchers, educatorsEnglish
Run by a publisher that sells an AI product.
MIT OpenCourseWare
Clinical data and machine learning for risk prediction, diagnosis and disease progression.
Free, no certificateGraduate level · recorded lectures (2019)Researchers, informatics staffEnglish
Archived course.
Stanford University (Coursera)
How to judge whether a clinical AI tool is safe, fair and useful.
Certificate paid; 9.5 CME creditsAbout 9.5 hours · beginnerAll health professionalsEnglish, with subtitles
University of Glasgow (Coursera)
Practical and responsible use of large language model tools in health.
Certificate paidAbout 14 hours · beginnerHealth students and professionalsEnglish, with subtitles
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar (edX)
An overview of AI applications in health from a Gulf university.
Free to audit; certificate paidAbout 18 hours · beginnerAll health professionalsEnglish
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
Plain-language basics of AI for non-technical people.
Certificate paidAbout 7 hours · beginnerManagers, everyoneEnglish; Arabic edition available
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
What generative AI can do, its limits, and everyday uses.
Certificate paidAbout 6 hours · beginnerEveryoneEnglish, with subtitles
Vanderbilt University (Coursera)
Writing effective prompts for large language models.
Certificate paidAbout 18 hours · beginnerEducators, researchers, everyoneEnglish, with subtitles
Google Cloud (Coursera)
Generative AI use cases and risks in health care.
Certificate paidAbout 3 hours · intermediateAll health professionalsEnglish, with subtitles
Run by a technology company.
Duke University (Coursera)
Recognising, critically evaluating and safely using AI in nursing care.
Paid; up to 9 ANCC nursing CE hoursAbout 10 hours, 3 courses · beginnerNursesEnglish
Stanford University (Coursera)
Clinical data, machine-learning basics, evaluation and a capstone project.
Paid (financial aid available); CME, capstone with ANCC creditAbout 60 hours, 5 courses · beginnerAll health professionalsEnglish
DeepLearning.AI (Coursera)
Hands-on models for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
PaidAbout 72 hours · intermediate, needs PythonResearchers, data scientistsEnglish
Harvard Medical School Executive Education
Designing, presenting and implementing AI projects in health care.
US$3,150; certificate2 months (10 Dec 2026 to 18 Feb 2027) · advancedManagers and leadersEnglish
MIT Sloan and MIT Jameel Clinic
Strategy and the business case for AI in health care.
US$2,800; certificate6 weeks, 6 to 8 hours a weekManagers and leadersEnglish