15 Best Healthcare Communication Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Healthcare Communication courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $39.00 to $49.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including University of Cape Town, Rice University and University of Colorado System. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $39.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "healthcare communication" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $39.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Organ Donation: From Death to Life
Offered by University of Cape Town
Considering someone for organ and tissue donation at the end of life is complicated. The boundary between life and death is more complex than ever before and it falls to medical professionals to help clarify a situation...
$39.00listed price -
2
Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings
Offered by Rice University
Welcome to Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings! This course is structured in four modules, each one revolving on a topic related to the physician-patient interaction. Each module contains four les...
$49.00listed price -
3
Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care
Offered by University of Colorado System
In this course, you’ll learn how serious and life-threatening illnesses often affect emotional and spiritual well-being. Illnesses can increase stress as patients and families learn to live with a “new normal” that may o...
$49.00listed price -
4
Telehealth Best Practices and Uses
Offered by University of California, Davis
Telehealth uses technology tools such as a cellphone or laptop to give patients and doctors the ability to support healthcare communication and services remotely. The field of telehealth has seen tremendous growth, with...
$49.00listed price -
5
Understanding Patient Perspectives on Medications
Offered by University of Copenhagen
Inappropriate use of medicines harms patients' health and increases healthcare costs. When healthcare professionals and patients engage together, healthcare can be based on the patient perspective, so the use of medicine...
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6
Supporting Families and Caregivers
Offered by Stanford Medicine
This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend. Supporting Families a...
$49.00listed price -
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Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students
Offered by University of Pittsburgh
Understanding the clinical terms and abbreviations commonly used during verbal or written communication in U.S. hospitals is challenging. This course is designed for U.S. health care profession students and for internati...
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8
Getting Started with Clinical Skills: A Focus on the Patient
Offered by Immersify
In this introduction to patient-centered care training, you will learn what clinical skills are and how they contribute to patient safety and high-quality care. You will explore key principles like, empathy, consent, eth...
$49.00listed price -
9
Medical Billing and Coding Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
Through this Specialization, students learn the essential skills of an Insurance Billing Specialist. Knowledge of human anatomy and medicine is necessary for any healthcare role, so students are also taught this terminol...
$49.00listed price -
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Pharmacy Technician Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
In this foundational Pharmacy Technician Career Training Specialization, students will take four courses to master the fundamentals of a career in pharmacy. The first two courses teach how to communicate and engage profe...
$49.00listed price -
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Medical Assisting Foundations
Offered by MedCerts
The Medical Assisting Foundations course is designed to provide beginner-level students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to excel in the medical assisting field. This introductory course lays a strong found...
$49.00listed price -
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Medical Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
Offered by Universidades Anáhuac
This specialization prepares international physicians to navigate real clinical interactions with Spanish‑speaking patients confidently and professionally. Through scenario‑based modules centered on patient interviews, s...
$49.00listed price -
13
Healthcare Career Explorer: Nursing Professions
Offered by Coursera
Navigate your healthcare career journey with this 3-course program exploring nursing professions at every level. Whether you're a first-time job seeker, career changer, or healthcare professional seeking advancement, dis...
$49.00listed price -
14
Nursing Leadership Essentials: Effective Communication
Offered by Coursera
Nursing Leadership Essentials: Effective Communication and Team Building is an intermediate-level course designed to help nurse leaders strengthen coordination, trust, and performance on the front lines of care. Whether...
$49.00listed price -
15
Clinical Medical Assistant Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
The Medical Assistant Fundamentals for Patient-Centered Care specialization provides a comprehensive foundation for a medical assisting career, emphasizing essential skills in communication, patient-centered care, and te...
$49.00listed price
Best Healthcare Communication Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $39.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $10.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Cape Town, Rice University and University of Colorado System — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.