Health & Medicine Degrees

Health and medicine are two very important areas of study. There are hundreds of niches in the health education field, so you should be able to find the particular distance learning degree that interests you most from our list.

Health sciences

     * Clinical laboratory sciences

           o Clinical biochemistry

           o Cytogeneics

           o Cytohematology

           o Cytology

           o Haemostasiology

           o Histology

           o Immunology

           o Microbiology

           o Molecular genetics

           o Parasitology

     * Nursing

           o Nursing theory

           o Midwifery

     * Nutrition and dietetics

     * Optometry

     * Physiotherapy

     * Occupational therapy

     * Speech and language pathology

     * Medicine

           o Acupuncture

           o Anesthesiology

                 + Regional anesthesia

                 + Pain medicine

           o Preventive medicine

           o Cardiology

           o Dentistry

                 + Dental hygiene and epidemiology

                 + Dental surgery

                 + Endodontics

                 + Orthodontics

                 + Oral and maxillofacial surgery

                 + Periodontics

                 + Prosthodontics

                 + Implantology

            o Emergency medicine

                 + Medical toxicology

           o Endocrinology

                 + Diabetology

           o Epidemiology

           o Forensic science

           o Geriatrics

           o Gynaecology

           o Hematology

           o Internal medicine (general medicine)

           o Nephrology

           o Neurology

           o Neurosurgery

           o Obstetrics

           o Oncology

           o Ophthalmology

           o Orthopedic surgery

                 + Hand surgery

                 + Foot and ankle surgery

                 + Sports medicine

                 + Joint replacement

                 + Shoulder surgery

           o Otolaryngology

           o Pathology

           o Pediatrics

           o Podiatry

           o Primary care

                   + General practice

           o Public health

           o Psychiatry

                 + Addiction medicine

           o Psychology

                 + Behavioral medicine

                 + Clinical psychology

                 + Health psychology

                   + Medical psychology

                 + Counseling psychology

           o Radiology

           o Recreation therapy

           o Rehabilitation medicine

           o Respiratory medicine

                 + Pulmonology

                 + Sleep medicine

           o Rheumatology

           o Sports medicine

           o Surgery

                 + Bariatric surgery

                 + Cardiothoracic surgery

                 + Neurosurgery

                 + Plastic surgery

           o Traumatology

           o Urology

                 + Andrology

     * Pharmaconomy

     * Pharmacy

     * Veterinary medicine

     * Fitness

           o Group Fitness / aerobics

           o Personal fitness training

           o Kinesiology / Exercise Science / Human Performance

Human physical performance and recreation

     * Biomechanics

     * Coaching Education (sport) / Sports coaching

     * Dance

     * Ergonomics

     * Fitness

           o Group Fitness / aerobics

           o Personal trainer / Personal fitness training

     * Game design*

     * Exercise physiology

     * Kinesiology / Exercise Science / Human Performance

     * Leisure studies

     * Physical education / Pedagogy

     * Sociology of sport

     * Sexology

     * Sports journalism / sportscasting

     * Sport management

           o Athletic director

     * Sport psychology

     * Sports medicine

           o Athletic training

     * Toy and amusement design