The programme has been developed by the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education and Cambridge University Hospitals in partnership with Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences, and EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute.
Aims of the programme
- To provide professionally relevant teaching and learning informed by research in an integrated clinical and research environment;
- To develop and create a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine able to pursue and develop their roles in a rapidly-changing and challenging environment of genomic medicine;
- To prepare healthcare professionals for the adoption of genomic technologies and the increasing use of genomic information as part of the diagnostic and treatment pathway;
- To develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with the confidence to lead service improvement for safe and high quality patient care, and with the required knowledge, skills and capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others;
- To develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with an understanding of research methodologies and clinical opportunities relevant to genomic medicine;
- To encourage a commitment to intellectual challenge and evidence-based clinical practice informed by the latest conceptual and theoretical knowledge of genomic medicine;
- To develop students' intellectual, practical and transferable skills related to genomic medicine;
- To encourage critical thinking related to genomic medicine;
- To conduct systematic research relevant to their professional practice.
Teaching and learning
Eight modules, as described by the Postgraduate Diploma, plus a 60-credit research project and associated dissertation of 10,000-12,000 words on an agreed topic in genomic medicine;
or
Ten modules, comprising the eight modules as described by the Postgraduate Diploma plus two additional Option Modules, plus a 30 credit literature-based research project and associated dissertation of 5,000-6,000 words on an agreed topic in genomic medicine.
Kindly note that the dates may be subject to change.
Core modules:
- An introduction to human genetics and genomics: 8-12 October 2018
- Omics techniques and their application to genomic medicine: 26-30 November 2018
- Molecular pathology of cancer and application in cancer diagnosis, screening, and treatment: 4-8 February 2019
- Genomics of common and rare inherited diseases: 13-17 May 2019
- Pharmacogenetics and stratified healthcare: 11-15 February 2020
- Application of genomics in infectious disease: 6-10 January 2020
- Bioinformatics, interpretation and data quality assurance in genome analysis: 10-14 February 2020
Option modules:
- Advanced bioinformatics - from genomes to systems: 16-20 March 2020
- Counselling skills for genomics: 30 March - 3 April 2020
- Epigentics and epigenomics: 27 April - 1 May 2020
- Expanding the content of the MSt in Genomic Medicine with a workplace-based module: May-June 2020
It is possible to enrol for modules (dependent on places being available) on a stand-alone basis for Credit or CPPD (non-credit). Register interest here. Not all options will necessarily be offered in any one year.