Is picking out a headache medication giving you a headache? Wonder why your usual cough syrup is now kept behind the pharmacy counter? Interested in playing a more active role in managing your own health?

Course description
This course is designed to create informed consumers who are confident in their use of nonprescription medications and self-care strategies. This course is self-study, has no prerequisites and uses a combination of online presentations and specially designed handouts. During the course, we’ll provide you with information on common, minor health conditions, preventative measures, and nonprescription treatment options so that you can care for yourself with confidence! This two credit course includes only four exams that you can take during our flexible testing times over an eight week period.  Each section of the course includes a study guide to direct your learning.

Self-study/Partially
Internet-Delivered
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer (Twin Cities)
2 credits
selfcare@umn.edu

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What do students think?
This popular course has been offered since 2002 with 100% of the students in the Summer 2009 course stating that they would recommend this course to a friend! In fact, many of them are enjoying our online courses so much that they themselves take multiple courses from our Office.

Here's what past students have had to say:

• This course was great. I loved all of the information, and it will be really useful for everyday life as well as my career as a nurse.
• I liked the combination of handouts, book readings, and online presentations and case studies.
• It was a great class! I liked the ability to be flexible.
• Learned about importance of looking at active ingredients of OTC drugs rather than the brand and considering the symptoms before deciding which one to use.
• This is my 3rd semester taking a class like this and I wouldn't keep taking them if I didn't think they were beneficial.
• The course was very interesting, and I enjoyed learning this material.
• I think the way the course is set up is great. This is probably one of the best courses I've taken.  If you do what is asked of you, the exams and the course is not difficult and you learn an exceptional amount.  I've never had a course that was so easy to learn, and I was actually able to remember and take away an ample amount of information from it.

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