General guide of the course

1. Target audience

This course is specially designed for university students, postgraduates and anyone interested in perimortem circumstances. Besides medical residents such as pathology residents and other health professionals, it is mainly recommended for medical students, nursing students, pathology technicians and all people interested on learning more death-related information. In fact, this MOOC has been created for all those people who want to know how lethal diseases occur and lead to death.

Some basic notions on the subject are necessary, especially those concerning human anatomy and some medical terminology. In addition, it is desirable to have some digital skills and abilities in the use of the online platform where the course takes place.