OLET1501 Health Challenges: Cardiovascular Disease (University of Sydney): rated 4.1/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
OLET1501 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Medicine and Health in Department of Medical Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 健康挑战：心血管疾病
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Department of Medical Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Health
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course will discuss in depth, the risk factors, and consequences of cardiovascular diseases. Material covered will include risk factors, angina/heart attack/stroke/high blood pressure, development of blood clots, requirement of stenting (and complications associated with biomaterials), development of antithrombotic and anticoagulant medications for long-term treatment of these patients.
OLET1501 has 8 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "OLET1501: Health Challenges: Cardiovascular Disease. I did it last semester and I got an easy HD."
On Reddit: "*Posting in 2 parts (long post)* Hello! I am currently enrolled in OLET1501 - Cardiovascular Disease and have previously completed the Diabetes and Sleep OLEs. I found these OLEs to be quite involved, especially considering they are only worth 2 units each. Generally, all OLEs f…"
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Q: Is OLET1501 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches OLET1501, and when is it offered?
A: OLET1501 is taught by the Faculty of Medicine and Health. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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