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.
This is a part-time course designed to fit with the demands of full-time employment. The course is delivered through a combination of face-to-face sessions requiring attendance in Cambridge, self-directed learning and supported through a virtual learning environment [VLE].
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
Students must complete eight modules (4 modules to be taken in year 1 of the course) chosen from a range of modules, some of which are core and some of which are optional. The introductory module given below is mandatory. Students may then choose a further seven modules out of the following:
Genomic Medicine Modules:
* Mandatory modules for all students
** Mandatory modules for all HEE funded students
Core modules:
- An introduction to human genetics and genomics (GM1A): 7- 11 October 2019*
- Omics techniques and their application to genomic medicine (GM2): 4 - 8 November 2019**
- Molecular pathology of cancer and application in cancer diagnosis, screening, and treatment (GM4): 27 - 31 January 2020
- Genomics of common and rare inherited diseases (GM3): 11 - 15 May 2020
- Bioinformatics, interpretation and data quality assurance in genome analysis (GM7): 7 - 11 December 2020**
- Application of genomics in infectious disease (GM5): 11 - 15 January 2021
- Pharmacogenetics and stratified healthcare (GM6): 15 - 19 February 2021
Option modules:
- Advanced bioinformatics - from genomes to systems (GMOP4): 15 - 19 March 2021
- Counselling skills for genomics (GMOP2): 29 March - 2 April 2021
- Epigentics and epigenomics (GMOP5): 26 - 30 April 2021
- Expanding the content of the MSt in Genomic Medicine with a workplace-based module (GMOP5): May-June 2021
Kindly note that the dates may be subject to change.
Further study options:
The Genomic Medicine programme, provides the following additional course and study options:
- To study as a part-time Masters Degree
- To study as a Postgraduate Certificate
- Study individual modules: 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.
To note: all module options will not necessarily be offered in any one year.
