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

Table 2.

Genomic medicine education and training initiatives by educational approach

Education/training approach Program/Initiative
Immersive and experiential learning
  • 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)
  • Conference workshops

Training Resident in Genomics Working Groups through Program Directors Section of Association of Pathology Chairs (55)
  • Simulation based learning

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

Third Military Medical University, China (57)
  • Board game

Genomics England Programme (76)
Interdisciplinary and interprofessional approaches
  • Interprofessional education (IPE)

Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Translating Genomics-Based Research for Health (26)
  • Genomic medicine ethics case series

Boston University School of Medicine (60)
  • Reflective writing

Boston University School of Medicine (59)
  • 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)
  • Physician buddy system

Physician focus group feedback from team practices with EMR in Alberta and Ontario, Canada (11)
  • 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)
  • 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)
Electronic-based and web-based resources
  • 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)
  • Genomic education portal

National Human Genome Research Institute (46)
Global Genetics and Genomics Community (17,71)
Genomics England Programme (76)
  • 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)
  • One-time intervention delivery of genetics-related content

University of Toronto, Canada (66)
  • Online course

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

Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (46)
JAMA Insights: Genomics and Precision Health (14)
The Genetics/Genomics Competency Center Education Resource (70)
Genomics England Programme (76)