Education matters: systematic approaches to raising awareness of genetics through health professional education and genetic screening research

Prof Sylvia Metcalfe
Group Leader, Genetics Education and Health Research
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Professor in Medical Genetics
Department of Paediatrics
University of Melbourne

Boardroom
Level 2, Alan Gilbert Building
161 Barry Street (Cnr. Grattan and Barry Streets)
Carlton South VIC 3053
AUSTRALIA

Abstract

For some time it has been recognised that health professionals and the public would benefit from an increased understanding of how genetics and advances in technologies, especially genetic testing, could impact on healthcare. My group has taken a systematic approach using program evaluation to implement genetics education programs for healthcare professionals and a number of population-based genetic screening studies in which education plays a pivotal role. I will discuss the concept of program evaluation and give some specific examples of how this has been applied.

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