Genomic Medicine The University of Manchester

Overview

Aims

This Genomic Medicine course offered at The University of Manchester aims to train healthcare professionals from different disciplines (eg medicine, nursing, scientists and technologists) in genomic knowledge that will impact on their service delivery to patients.

• the embedding of genomics education at all levels of the current and future workforce;
• the building of capacity and capability in the NHS workforce in genomic medicine both clinical and research.

The course also aims to equip science graduates with the skills and knowledge to secure employment in the healthcare sector or pursue a PhD in the field.

Teaching and learning

We take a student-focused and patient-centred approach to teaching and learning.The course content is delivered using a combination of online and face-to-face methods including lectures, problem and evidence-based learning, workshops and collaborative learning.The face-to-face elements are designed to help you develop the deeper contextualised specialist knowledge and critical evaluative skills necessary for a questioning and innovative approach to your learning and clinical practice.You will learn from healthcare professionals and industry partners who are working at the forefront of practice and clinical research and can draw on their scholarship and expertise to help you build your knowledge.

Career opportunities

Our course is designed to support and upskill healthcare professionals working in the NHS in areas where genomic medicine is becoming part of clinical practice.

Our science graduates have gone on to apply their new skills in service labs in their home countries, gained employment in the NHS, undertaken further study for genomic counselling, or have continued their research to pursue a PhD in the field.

Accreditation

The MSc in Genomic Medicine is accredited by Health Education England.