15 Best Patient Care Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Patient Care courses currently listed on Coursera, edX, Udemy and International Open Academy, priced from $24.99 to $249.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including Stanford Medicine, University of Houston and University of Cape Town. 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
- $24.99 – $249.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy, International Open Academy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, International Open Academy, matched to "patient care" 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 $24.99 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Patient Care Technician Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
The Patient Care Technician Fundamentals specialization prepares learners for entry-level roles in healthcare by combining professional conduct, medical knowledge, and hands-on patient care skills. Through courses in all...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Healthcare
Offered by Stanford Medicine
Solving the problems and challenges within the U.S. healthcare system requires a deep understanding of how the system works. Successful solutions and strategies must take into account the realities of the current system....
$99.00listed price -
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Value-Based Care: Introduction to Value-Based Care and the U.S. Healthcare System
Offered by University of Houston
COURSE 1 of 7. This course is designed to introduce you to the concept of value-based care (VBC). While the information you will explore is general, it will help you establish a solid foundation for continued learning an...
$49.00listed price -
4
Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery & Development
Offered by University of Cape Town
What does it take to advance a new drug from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside? Historically, drugs were discovered serendipitously and were usually isolated from natural sources. Today, drug discovery effort...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Offered by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Otorhinolaryngology is a surgical subspecialty that specializes in management and treatment of conditions relating to the head and neck. Developed at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and led by top-ranked otorhino...
$49.00listed price -
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Health Information Technology Fundamentals
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
In this course you will receive an overview of the health IT ecosystem with a specific focus on the role of electronic health records (EHRs). You’ll be introduced to the factors that contributed to the move from paper re...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Clinical Data
Offered by Stanford Medicine
This course introduces you to a framework for successful and ethical medical data mining. We will explore the variety of clinical data collected during the delivery of healthcare. You will learn to construct analysis-rea...
$49.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Cariology
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Whether you are a dental professional seeking to enhance your expertise or an individual interested in understanding more about oral health, this comprehensive course is designed to provide you with a deep understanding...
$99.00listed price -
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Introduction to Healthcare Communication Strategies
Offered by Stanford University
Explore the foundations of effective health communication, including active listening and improvisation. Learn the skills required to build strong and trusting relationships from leading Stanford Medicine faculty.
$249.00listed price -
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Introduction to Healthcare Systems and EHRs
Welcome to "Introduction to Healthcare Systems and EHRs" — a comprehensive course designed to equip you with a foundational understanding of how global healthcare systems operate and the vital role electronic health reco...
$59.99listed price -
11
Renal Physiology From Scratch
Renal physiology is one of the most challenging — and most high-yield — topics in health sciences education. Whether you are an MBBS or medical student working through Guyton physiology, a nursing or pharmacy student pre...
$24.99listed price -
12
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 -
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Strategy: Introduction to Telehealth and Enabling Technologies
Offered by Stanford University
Gain a grounding in telehealth implementation from expert faculty at Stanford Medicine. Learn about the evolution of telehealth and explore contemporary approaches for incorporating telehealth technologies into a healthc...
$249.00listed price -
14
Nursing Assistant Fundamentals
Offered by MedCerts
The Nursing Assistant Fundamentals specialization prepares students for a successful Nursing Assistant career in diverse healthcare settings, emphasizing patient care assistance, health care setting navigation, effective...
$49.00listed price -
15
Introduction to Phlebotomy
This course is your first step towards becoming a certified phlebotomy technician. Phlebotomy, also called blood draw or venipuncture, is the surgical practice of using a needle to take blood from a vein. A licensed phle...
$24.99listed price
Best Patient Care Courses for Beginners 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 $24.99 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $224.01. That is a wide gap for one subject. 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, edX, Udemy and International Open Academy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Stanford Medicine, University of Houston and University of Cape Town — 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.