I'm probably not a part of the target audience for this course, so it may be wise to apply some sort of discount to my comments. The course is geared towards medical practitioners, care givers, and other "end users" of technology in healthcare. In the main, it probably will meet the needs of that group well enough.

My own perspective is as a security engineer working in the healthcare industry in the US. I came to the course hoping to find a European perspective on the subject, but most of what I saw here could have been copied from a similar course offered by a US university. Now, to a certain extent that's probably a good thing. In a lot of ways, establishing a security culture is a very similar process whether it takes place in Europe or in America (a hemisphere, not a country). Perhaps my expectations were unrealistic, but at the end of the day, the experience just wasn't different enough to for me to justify spending the time to complete the course.

I have several other quibbles. Design of the review questions was inconsistent. In some case multiple responses were expected, but this expectation was not communicated. In other cases, it was. This was a little frustrating, but may represent a cultural difference in how multiple choice answers are addressed in the US and in Europe. The experience didn't prevent learning, but it did inspire a little muttering under the breath.

There are some questions that obviously were written by someone who doesn't work in cybersecurity full time. Several of the "correct" answers to these questions were just plain wrong. For example, teaching users to rely on the padlock in the browser address bar has been deprecated (https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fbi-dont-trust-https-or-padlock-on-1/), at least on this side of the Atlantic. One need only look as far as the Solar Winds compromise (currently in the news as this is written) to see that there is some degree of risk associated with trusting one's security to a third party (even a third party that historically has been deemed trustworthy).

Course is really informational

The course would be very basic for IT people. It is good for nurse manager, personel mgmt, direct care mgmt people. It is slightly more basic information. All of these info are easily accessible online. But it does raise awareness on latter portion. There was a few peer review writing project that I feel a not necessarily. I got the course in 16 hrs total (2days). I didn't watch the video but I read the script as it is easier for me to retain the material than listening. The material is more about european than the USA. If they can update some info by adding paralell USA organization so make it more dynamic.

More than extraordinary the format of this course and the clarity of the explanations. In addition to the way of evaluating that "forces" you to study and consequently improve learning. Excellent!

It is a very helpful plus an eye opening course for those who are planning to worker in a health organization .

Good fundamental Knowledge in implementing cybersecurity in the healthcare facilities

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Very good course if you are looking to gain a basic understanding in cybersecurity and some 'quick win' interventions to strengthen your organisation's cybersecurity.

The tests felt very easy and didn't seem to ask practical questions. Rather, it was more of a memory exercise. I think it would be better if there were more practical tasks as opposed to easy test questions.

One of the questions in Module 4 about vulnerabilities, although the right answer was provided, was deemed wrong.

The course is very simple and contains no real concrete information to help. The speakers are merely reading a text in a super monotone way, which makes it impossible to concentrate.

Waste of time

I gathered a wealth of knowledge from this course. It was very practical and very engaging. I took my time doing it therefore it took me longer than 5 weeks. I probably spent more than 2 months to complete this course nevertheless the longer you take to consume the material the more you learn. I am very grateful for the opportunities presented here.

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Not a bad course for someone in the medical field. If you are in a cybersecurity role, I'd give this one a pass. The information is non-technical and more focused for beginners or people with limited knowledge on the subject.

First and foremost, a huge round of applause to you 'Coursera' (global online learning platform), together with the Erasmus University Rotterdam for providing an undoubtedly essential course about "Cybersecurity in Healthcare" and for selecting the right tutors/lecturers - Tessa A. P. Oomen + Jason H. Pridmore (but, of course) including those who appeared in the course videos too...I think they equally did a great job in not only explaining each segment thouroughly, but also providing necessary examples through the use of a variety of interventions and various incidents within the industry! I truly admire their influential display of professionalism, knowledge and expertise throughout the course! I must admit that it is well structured and quite easy to understand (for all levels) and extremely informative...I highly recommend this course to everyone in the world whether you're a professional worker in the healthcare industry or just an individual who uses a technological device! Although, I had to reset the deadlines to many times (due to unforseen circumstances) and I apologise for any inconveniences thereof otherwise I thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to study with you, it was a great journey and I would repeat if it were possible (hahaha)... Ps: I absolutely enjoyed this course!!! Yours sincerely, All the way from South Africa. M. S. Ngalonkulu

I'm glad you found it helpful! 😊 Yes, the Coursera cybersecurity course is a great starting point for anyone looking to begin their cybersecurity journey. It's designed to give foundational knowledge and practical skills that can be applied immediately. If you or someone else is considering diving into the field, it's definitely a solid recommendation! Let me know if you need any more info or resources to help you along the way.

Tank you so much. This is very nice course. Despite my 20 years of experience, I learned a lot from this course. I would recommend everyone those who are involved in healthcare and cybersecurity field a must enrolled themselves for this course. I Really learned many tools and terms related in healthcare cyber security. Thank you to all members / instructors for designing this course.

This course helped me a lot to learn more about the issues faced at health care and feel the sensitivity of data of health care and it has provided many new resources which will surely be very helpful to improve the cybersecurity posture and also be ready to an extent to handle healthcare data. Thank you very much for the wonderful course.

I have no words, this is totally brilliant. As a Nurse, i'll say that i didn't expect the course (which is tiny) to give this benefit to me as a guy already into IT and Nursing in the meanwhile. Big thanks to "Coursera", "SecureHospitals.EU" and "Erasmus University Of Rotterdam, NE" for their efforts.