About HMX Courses

Online Learning Designed to Fit Your Schedule

HMX courses provide online education in key areas of medicine, from foundational science to advanced topics, to give learners of all backgrounds the knowledge needed to get ahead.

• Fundamental Courses
  Require 20-40 hours to complete over 10 weeks of instructor-paced lessons and build a strong base in medical science foundational subjects such as biochemistry, genetics, immunology, pharmacology, and physiology.
• Pro Courses
  Take approximately 10–20 hours to complete over 10 weeks of instructor-paced lessons and deepen your expertise on cutting-edge topics like immuno-oncology, cancer genomics and precision oncology, and drug discovery and development.
• Short Courses
  Self-paced courses that you can complete in just 3–4 hours to quickly get up to speed on emerging topics such as AI in medicine and advancements in immunological therapies with focused lessons.

What makes HMX courses so effective?

Every HMX course is designed to bring complex material to life through visually engaging explanations. We apply the science of learning and best practices in biomedical visualization to guide the development of our courses. Our goal is to help learners focus on the understanding and application of key scientific principles, with highly visual and interactive lessons and regular assessments to ensure content mastery. 

True-to-Life Scenarios

Real-world stories let you explore concepts, providing relevance and integration of key principles.

Dynamic Animations

Illustrative visuals guide you through complex processes in a step-by-step, self-paced way.

Concept Videos

Clear, concise, and visually engaging explanations from expert Harvard Medical School faculty teach key concepts in digestible segments, using writing, drawing, and animations along with conversational tone.

Interactive Components

Explore topics through active learning and experimentation with simulations and other uniquely responsive visuals.

Clinical Applications

Focus on the concepts that matter for your future by tying your learning to real clinical applications. Venture inside the hospital or other clinical setting with outstanding HMS clinicians. These videos bring you closer to the practice of medicine and give you a glimpse into your future.

Quiz Questions and Other Assessments

Check your understanding, enhance your learning, and measure your progress. Quizzes at the beginning and end of each course showed significant learning gains for students at all levels of background knowledge. In HMX Immunology, students showed an average of 83% improvement in score.

Notetaking Guides

Downloadable for digital or paper-based note taking workflows, these visually crafted documents help you synthesize and review key topics.