The course was split into two components:
1. Get in touch with your abs - locating the organs of the abdomen and using anatomical vocabulary
2. Ready to digest something new? - exploring the gastrointestinal tract and it's common medical problems
It was a 2 week course which required 2 hours a week. Although it's a very short course, I thought this was great as I could fit it around my busy schedule and found it as a break from normal A-Level consolidation. I found it particularly interesting to learn the specialist terminology of the abdomen (who knew something as simple as a six pack is called "rectus abdominus" muscle? How fancy).
You surprisingly learn a significant amount of information in such a small amount of time, but it is broken down with videos from lecturers and surgeons, articles and short quizzes to help you. I even got to research and write short essays on the health impacts of six packs and beer-bellies, which you get to share with the other learners who comment, like and share their finding with you too in such a friendly online community.
I managed to pass the end of course exam with a score of 73% and will soon probably purchase the participation certificate as a cute personal reminder! I'd definitely recommend it. There are so many free courses on futurelearn too, so even if science isn't your thing you can do courses on linguistics, business, archaeology..etc.
I actually found out about futurelearn from my Chemistry teacher (shout-out to Temi) who recommended the Biochemistry course by the University of East Anglia, which I'll start on the 7th of November. I've also got an "Exploring Cancer Medicines" course in progress (also by Leeds), and hope to do one on dementia soon as well- which I look forward too!
My futurelearn profile: https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/4542943
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