Genomics Education Program for Doctors

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Genomics Education

The genomics education elearning programme is a collection of elearning courses developed to support and educate healthcare professionals about genomic medicine and the benefit it will bring to patient care.

Ever increasing numbers of healthcare professionals are likely to encounter genomics in their daily role. As it increasingly becomes a part of routine care, all healthcare professionals, not just those within specialist departments, will need some level of understanding of the impact genomics will have on the diagnosis, treatment and management of a wide variety of conditions. The elearning courses have been developed for precisely this reason.

This engaging, interactive course is available to healthcare practitioners around the world.

Written by the UK’s Top Clinical Specialists

This online training has been developed in the UK by NHS England elearning for healthcare in partnership with Genomics Education Programme, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.

This ensures this knowledge resource meets the highest training standards and offers a world-class elearning experience.

Made to Fit Your Busy Life

The engaging, interactive content, that’s delivered online, means you can study at home, in work or even on the move.

Plus, the bitesize modules track your progress, so it’s possible to dip in and out of sessions, and allow you to access them in any order, as frequently as you need.

Making this the perfect course to enhance your knowledge and skills even when you have a busy life.

Course Details:

The genomics education online elearning programme consists of a number of modules that are divided up into smaller elearning sessions. Each session typically takes around 20 to 30 minutes to complete.

An extensive module covering genomics 101 (e.g. genomics in healthcare, genes to genomes talking and drawing a genetic family history and dominant recessive and beyond), facilitating genomics testing, a masterclass in genomics in healthcare and patient choice (discussing genome sequencing) for the basis of this programme.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Cover the fundamental knowledge in the area of genomics
  • Some sessions suitable for healthcare professionals with little or no prior genomics knowledge

Course Content

Genomics 101

  • Genomics in Healthcare
    00:00
  • Genes to Genome
    00:00
  • Taking and Drawing a Genetic Family History
    00:00
  • Talking Genomics: Tips and Tools for Communicating with Patients
    00:00
  • Inheriting Genomic Information
    00:00
  • From Gene to Protein
    00:00
  • Investigating the Genome Part 1: The Process
    00:00
  • Investigating the Genome Part 2: The Tests
    00:00
  • Dominant, Recessive and Beyond: How Genetic Conditions Are Inherited
    00:00

Facilitating Genomic Testing

Public Health Masterclass: Genomics in Healthcare
As genomics continues to move into mainstream patient care, it should be considered in every facet of public health. It is therefore vital that public health professionals are aware of the power of genomics to bring benefits to patients. This learning object is made up of a series of recorded speakers. Recorded in November 2017, Health Education England's West Midlands public health workforce team, in collaboration with HEE’s Genomics Education Programme, held a Public Health Practitioner Masterclass event featuring five expert speakers. Join this Public Health Masterclass, watch all the talks, and find out how genomics is transforming healthcare and what that will mean for health professionals, the public and patients.

Patient Choice: Discussing Whole Genome Sequencing