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Skills for the job you have, or the one you want.

The same build as the college track: one idea per 20-second lesson, each drafted from an open textbook plus a second source, in prerequisite order. Every certificate states the learning hours behind it.

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Short lessons. In order. Built for people who want to understand.

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Healthcare

For nurses, allied health staff, medical office teams, and students entering clinical work.

4 courses · 26.7h of instruction
Evidence-Based Practice Who it's for: clinicians who read, appraise, and apply research. Covers question framing, study design, appraisal, and applying findings to care. 1,114 lessons · 7.5h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Medical Assistant Prep Who it's for: medical assistant students and new medical assistants. Vital signs, infection control, procedures, phlebotomy, ECG setup and the front office. 638 lessons · 6.5h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Medical Terminology Who it's for: anyone who has to read or write clinical language. Word parts, body systems, and the terms used in records. 615 lessons · 4.7h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Tech in Surgery Prep Who it's for: surgical technology students and new scrub persons. Sterile technique, instruments and supplies, the phases of a case, counts and specimens, safety, and turnover. 611 lessons · 8h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20

IT

For people who build, run, support, or manage technology and need the foundations stated plainly.

5 courses · 12.9h of instruction
Artificial Intelligence Who it's for: anyone asked to evaluate, buy, or work alongside AI systems. What the systems are, how they are built and checked, and where they fail. 292 lessons · 2.5h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Computer Science Who it's for: analysts, support staff, and new developers. Data representation, algorithms, programming concepts, systems, and networks. Also maps to the DSST exam. 326 lessons · 2.6h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Generative AI at Work Who it's for: professionals who use generative AI tools at work. Prompting, safe patterns, verification, keeping people in the loop, privacy and vendors, and documenting AI, built on NIST's AI risk frameworks. 199 lessons · 2.5h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice Who it's for: team leads, analysts, product owners, architects and anyone rolling AI into real work. Running a ninety-day pilot, introducing AI features safely, domain playbooks, an operating model, NIST's govern and manage functions, and teaching the method. 186 lessons · 2.4h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI Who it's for: analysts, product owners, project managers, architects and anyone who defines work for systems and AI tools. Mapping a domain's things, writing requirement cards, building Object Packs, validating with real people, and tracing change. 202 lessons · 2.9h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20

Leadership

For supervisors, project leads, and anyone stepping into management.

2 courses · 3.9h of instruction
Ethics and Values Who it's for: anyone who makes decisions that affect other people. Ethical theories and how they bear on cases at work. Also maps to the DSST exam. 210 lessons · 1.8h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20
 The Lost ARC Who it's for: anyone who leads people or works on a team. Autonomy, relatedness, and competence; building and repairing trust; culture; active listening; and followership. 232 lessons · 2.1h
  • Learning · free
  • Testing · free
  • Certificate of completion · $20

Who this track is for

  • Nurses and allied health staff
  • Medical office teams
  • IT support and operations staff
  • Analysts and new developers
  • Supervisors and project leads
  • Anyone stepping into management
  • Anyone who wants clear, structured professional skills

Time to complete

of lessons in Healthcare
26.7 h
of lessons in IT
12.9 h
of lessons in Leadership
3.9 h
for the whole track
43.5 h

Hours are the measured length of the lessons. Lectures, quizzes and the final add to that; each certificate states the full learning hours.

Why StudyWalks works

  • 20-second lessonsOne idea at a time, said plainly, with the text beside the video.
  • Built in orderNothing is taught before what it depends on.
  • No ads, no accountOpen a lesson and start. Your place is saved on this device.
  • Free to learnLessons, quizzes and finals are free. You pay only for a credential.
  • Machine-checked contentEach lesson is checked against its source text and a second, independent source before it ships.
  • Certificates with learning hoursEach certificate states the learning hours behind it, and anyone can check it on a public page.
Featured pathway · $35

Five micro-certificates (AI Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking, Cybersecurity Essentials and STEM Foundations) plus the Full Certificate in Computer Science. Hold all six and claim the pathway certificate, the badge and a verification number.

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Certificates

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Course
American Government
Learning hours
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Scaled score
[SCORE] · Pass
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