Open Educational Resources

The following are curated collections specific to subject areas in health science. This is not an exhaustive list, and you can also search for subject-specific OER in the search platforms on the Find Open Educational Resources page.

• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
  • Housed at the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah
  • 22,000+ digital images and materials for health sciences education
• Health Sciences - MERLOT II
  • Includes case studies, animations, simulations, online courses and modules, textbooks and journal articles, tutorials, quizzes, and more
  • Filter by type, peer-review, discipline, and more
• Health & Medicine - OER Commons
  • A large repository that includes all kinds of Open Educational Resources. Use the search limiters to narrow by education level, material type (i.e. Textbooks) and subject.
• Medicine Textbooks - Open Textbook Library
  • Complete textbooks that have been reviewed by a variety of college and university faculty, and can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

• OpenRN
  • Department of Education grant-funded project to create 5 OER nursing textbooks with 25 associated virtual reality scenarios
• George Washington University School of Nursing OER
  • Interactive multimedia learning materials developed from US Health Resources & Services Administration grant-funded projects
• BC Campus Open Textbooks - Nursing
  • From the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and the Hewlett Foundation
  • Filter searches for items that are peer-reviewed and/or adopted

• Kinesiology - OER Commons
  • A large repository that includes all kinds of Open Educational Resources. Use the search limiters to narrow by education level, material type (i.e. Textbooks) and subject.