About HMX Courses
Course components are designed to maximize your learning.
What makes HMX courses so effective?
HMX courses provide online education in key areas of medicine – from foundational science to advanced topics – to give learners of all backgrounds the knowledge needed to get ahead.
Every HMX course is designed to be highly visual and interactive – bringing complex material to life through visually engaging explanations rather than traditional lectures and PowerPoint slides. We apply the science of learning and best practices in biomedical visualization to guide the development of our courses. Our goal is to help learners focus on the understanding and application of key scientific principles, with interactive lessons and regular assessments to ensure content mastery.
True-to-Life Scenarios
Real-world stories let you explore concepts, providing relevance and integration of key principles.
Dynamic Animations
Illustrative visuals guide you through complex processes in a step-by-step, self-paced way.
Concept Videos
Clear, concise, and visually engaging explanations from expert Harvard Medical School faculty teach key concepts in digestible segments, using writing, drawing, and animations along with conversational tone.
Interactive Components
Explore topics through active learning and experimentation with simulations and other uniquely responsive visuals.
Clinical Applications
Focus on the concepts that matter for your future by tying your learning to real clinical applications. Venture inside the hospital or other clinical setting with outstanding HMS clinicians. These videos bring you closer to the practice of medicine and give you a glimpse into your future.
Quiz Questions and Other Assessments
Check your understanding, enhance your learning, and measure your progress. Quizzes at the beginning and end of each course showed significant learning gains for students at all levels of background knowledge. In HMX Immunology, students showed an average of 83% improvement in score.
Notetaking Guides
Downloadable for digital or paper-based note taking workflows, these visually crafted documents help you synthesize and review key topics.
Course Previews
Sign up for a free preview to see how we bring key science concepts to life through multimedia content backed by the latest in learning science.
Experience sample lessons from HMX Fundamentals courses: Free Preview →
Review sample material from advanced HMX Pro courses: Free Preview →
We’ve also created some free resources including videos and interactive materials from HMX courses to help with understanding how the body reacts to threats like the coronavirus, how vaccines can help prevent serious disease, and how sequencing and other technologies are used in genetic testing.
Course Experience
To expand your learning experience, each course includes an “Ask a Question” forum, where you can pose questions about the material and see questions from your peers. The forum is moderated by advanced Harvard Medical School students, who provide valuable guidance and insights to help you deepen your understanding and take your learning to the next level.
Meet the HMX Moderators
Elliot Akama-Garren
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2025
Adam Berger
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Juli Coraor Fried
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2024
Anže Godicelj
Harvard Medical School student
PhD Candidate, 2025
Hannah Hoffman
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2029
Catherine Jacob-Dolan, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Gha Young Lee
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2024
Kevin Ma, DDS, FRSPH, FRSM
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Harrison Ngue
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2031
Phani Paladugu, MMSc, MS
Research Scholar
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School Alumnus (MS 2021)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College student
MD Candidate, 2026
Michael Quezada
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2029
Jacob Ronald Anderson
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Gaspar Pacheco Ruidíaz
Harvard Medical School student
PhD Candidate, 2028
Justine Rutter
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2028
Priya Shah, MD
Pediatrics Resident
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Harvard Medical School Alumna
Blake Smith
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Jesús Valdiviezo, PhD
Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School