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. 2018 May 10;27(R2):R250–R258. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy170

Table 1.

Genomic medicine education and training initiatives by medical training level

Training level Program/Initiative
Undergraduate medical education
  • Personal genome sequencing

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (34,48,49)
Stanford University School of Medicine (34)
  • Personal pharmacogenomics testing

University of Maryland School of Medicine (50)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (51)
  • Cadaver exome sequencing

Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine (34,53,54)
  • Genomic medicine ethics case series

Boston University School of Medicine (60)
  • Reflective writing

Boston University School of Medicine (59)
  • Simulation based learning

University of Copenhagen, Denmark (56)
  • Role-playing

Third Military Medical University, China (57)
Graduate medical education
  • One-time intervention delivery of genetics-related content

University of Toronto, Canada (66)
  • Conference workshops

Training Residents in Genomics Working Groups through Program Directors Section of Association of Pathology Chairs (55)
  • Didactic course, plus lab rotation

Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut (62)
  • Cross-specialty training

Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program (45)
University of Texas Medical School at Houston (63)
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham Genomic Medicine (61)
Continuing medical education
  • Resource website

Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (14,46)
JAMA Insights: Genomics and Precision Health (14)
The Genetics/Genomics Competency Center Education Resource (70)
Genomics England Programme (76)
  • In-person training sessions

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (46)
Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (46)
Medicine’s Future: Genomics for Practicing Doctors, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA (64)
  • Genomic education portal

National Human Genome Research Institute (46)
Global Genetics and Genomics Community (17,71)
Genomics England Programme (76)
  • Interprofessional education (IPE)

Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Translating Genomics-Based Research for Health(26)
  • Point-of-care tool integrated in EMR to support decision-making

Physician focus group feedback from team practices with EMR in Alberta and Ontario, Canada (11)
Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (46)
The Clinical Genome Resource (72,73)
  • Physician buddy system

Physician focus group feedback from team practices with EMR in Alberta and Ontario, Canada (11)
  • Push emails

Gene Messenger through the College of Family Physicians of Canada (65)
Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (46)
  • Guide for physicians to assess learning needs, genomic medicine webinars

College of American Pathologists (69)
  • Board game

Genomics England Programme (76)
  • Online course

Genomic and Precision Medicine Coursera course from University of California San Francisco (68)
Genomics England Programme (76)