Evaluating a genomics short course for undergraduate health education students. Academic Article

abstract

• Background: There is a significant shortage of genomics training curricula targeting health education (HE) students. This study assessed the impact of an online theory-based genomics short course focusing on family health history (FHH) to undergraduate HE students. Materials & methods: Junior and senior HE students (n=69) at a research-intensive university completed the course and took the pre- and post-course surveys. Results: Participants demonstrated positive improvements in their scores regarding FHH knowledge as well as attitudes, intention and confidence in adopting FHH-based genomics skills into future practice. They also showed satisfaction with the genomics course. Conclusion: Based on the initial success of the results, offering this genomics course to more HE students for further testing is recommended in the future.

authors

• Chen, Lei-Shih
• Goodson, Patricia

published proceedings

• Per Med

author list (cited authors)

• Talwar, D., Zhao, S., Goodson, P., & Chen, L.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Talwar, Divya||Zhao, Shixi||Goodson, Patricia||Chen, Lei-Shih

publication date

• January 2020

publisher

• Future Science Group  Publisher

published in

• Personalized Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Attitudes
• Clinical Competence
• Curriculum
• Education
• Education, Medical, Undergraduate
• Evaluation
• Family Health History
• Female
• Genetics
• Genomics
• Health Education
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Humans
• Knowledge
• Male
• Program Evaluation
• Students
• Surveys And Questionnaires
• Undergraduate Students
• Young Adult

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2217/pme-2019-0120

start page

• 295

end page

• 306

volume

• 17

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pme-2019-0120