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Characteristics and evaluation outcomes of genomics curricula for health professional students: a systematic literature review
- Source :
- Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 21(8)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- With the increased advances in genomics, leading health authorities have advocated the importance of incorporating genomics content into health professional school education to ensure those students achieve adequate genomic competencies. Yet, information regarding the genomics education status for this particular group is lacking. We conducted a systematic literature review to summarize the characteristics and evaluation outcomes of genomics curricula for health professional students. Medline (OVID), EMBASE, CAB (EBSCO), Global Health, MedEdPORTAL, Google Scholar, and Web of Science were searched for relevant articles. Forty-one articles met our inclusion criteria. The majority were conducted in the United States and offered to pharmacy and medical students (the number of students ranged from 10 to 2674). The effects of genomics curricula on students’ knowledge (n = 36), attitudes (n = 16), self-efficacy (n = 14), comfort level (n = 4), intention (n = 3), motivation (n = 3), and behavior (n = 2) were assessed. Although those results were generally positive, 68.3% of the genomics curricula were not theory-based, and most studies did not report follow-up data (85.4%). Our findings provided information on the existing genomics curricula available for health professional students.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Students, Medical
education
MEDLINE
Genomics
Pharmacy
030105 genetics & heredity
03 medical and health sciences
Global health
Humans
Curriculum
Genetics (clinical)
Medical education
Motivation
Health professionals
Education, Medical
business.industry
030104 developmental biology
Systematic review
Knowledge
Clinical Competence
business
Psychology
Inclusion (education)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15300366
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d1fe30e83a88a5c6ebefb7e8559cbdb