Education

Introduction

Another key output of PGENI is targeted educational resources that lead to the development of a greater understanding of the utility of pharmacogenetics. This includes the education of public health officials, ministry of health staff, health care professionals, and the general public.

PGENI Education Committee

For the education initiative, a panel of experts is being formed to help facilitate the initiation of these programs throughout the world. The preliminary members of the committee is as follows:
David Gurwitz, PhD (Chair)
Jae-Gook Shin, MD PhD
Adrian Llerena, MD PhD
Julia Kirchheiner, MD
Jeantine Lunshof, MSc
Vangelis Manolopoulos, PhD
Collet Dandara, PhD

PGENI Introductory Course

PGENI is planning a series of short courses and other educational opportunities to stimulate, supplement, and update the knowledge of applied genomics, in particular pharmacogenetics. These courses will be offered at each of the regional centers, targeting individuals involved in public health, national formulary decisions, applied genetics, medicine, pharmacy, and related disciplines. The courses are being planned with a practical, case-based focus, to meet the key PGENI goals of promoting the integration of genetic information of genetic information into public health decision making and providing guildelines for medical prioritization using pharmacogenetic information.

Supplemental Links

Pharmacogenomics online course
PGENI Glossary of pharmacogenetic terms.
National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics
Genetics Resources on the Web
Dolan DNA Learning Center
University of Utah Genetics Learning Center Pharmacogenetics Page
NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Pharmacogenetics Page
The European Science and Technology Observatory


Here you can find an example set of teaching slides for a pharmacogenetics tutorial. Download by PDF.
Pharmcogentics overview (short) Download by Short PDF.
Pharmcogentics overview (long) Download by Long PDF.