Centre for Genetics Education NSW Health Australia€¦ · •Good news: Development of a National...
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CentreforGeneticsEducationNSWHealthAustralia
KateDunlop:Director
ANeeds-BasedApproachtogenomicseducation
TheCentreforGeneticsEducationNSWHealth:
• astate-widegovernmenteducationprogramoftheNSWGeneticsService• providesgeneticinformationandeducationtoawiderangeofaudiences• currentfocusistoassistnon-geneticshealthprofessionalswiththeskillsandknowledgetomanagetheimpactofgeneticandgenomictechnologiesontheirpractice.
www.genetics.edu.au
TheAustralianContext
• Mixofpublic(Commonwealthandthestates)andprivate• CommonwealthfundsMedicare(GPs),nationalscreeningprograms• Statesresponsibleforfundinghospitals• GeneticservicesrelativelyconsistentacrossAustralia• Stateshavedifferentprioritieseg education• NationalProfessionalCollegesandAssociations• Challenge:statevnationalorganisations/funding/approaches• Goodnews:DevelopmentofaNationalGenomicStrategyFrameworkjustcommenced
Centre’sStrategyforNSW
• Programgoals:AssisthealthprofessionalsmanagetheimpactofgenomicsontheirclinicalpracticethroughContinuingProfessionalDevelopment(CPD)andpointofcaretools• Needsbasedapproach• Identifygaps/needs(2016)• Developresourcestoprovideafoundationforfurthereducationalstrategies(2017)• Implementingprograms2018
• Genomicexpertise:NSWClinicalGeneticsService,Garvan InstituteofMedicalResearch,AustralianGenomicHealthAlliance(AGHA)Program4
Needsofmedicalspecialistsorderinggenomictesting
• PartnershipwiththeGarvan InstituteofMedicalresearch• Qualitativesemistructuredinterviewsearlyadopters• ClinicalGeneticists(15),MedicalSpecialistorderingtesting(10)• Unanimousagreementforneedforeducation• Occurthroughanumberofavenues• Needfordifferentmodelsofcare• Spectrumofeducationalneeds• “noteveryonewantstoknowthefinerdetails.Theyjustneedtoknowenoughtogetonandbeconversantwiththeirpatients”
• Challenges– Interpretinggeneticvariants• 2017:Currentlydecidingontheresourcetodeveloptofocuson“interpretingvariants”
Exploringtheeducationalneedsofalliedhealthprofessionals,nursesandmidwives
• Semi-structuredinterviews• Recruitment viaprofessionalorganisationsandhospitalsinNSW• Findings– Genomicfundamentals/impactonroles&practicesetting• Consistentwithinternationalcompetenciesandprograms• Priority:Howtotalktopatientsaboutgenomics• OnlineinteractiveeducationalmodulewithcasesforHETI(HealthandEducationTrainingInstituteallonlineresourcesNSW)beingdeveloped2017• Trialbeforeandafterknowledgewith6monthfollowupofimpactonpractice• Hopetoinfluencedevelopmentofcompetencies
• AustralianGenomicHealthAlliance(AGHA)- anationalnetworkofclinicians,diagnosticiansandresearchersledbytheMurdochChildren’sResearchInstitute,Melbourne• Fundedtodeveloparoadmapfortheintegrationofgenomicsintoclinicalcare• Program4iscurrentlyundertakinganationalgapanalysisandneedsassessmenttoidentifytrainingandeducationrequirementsforhealthprofessionals
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Information.Education.Insight
• Australianbased• facilitateeducationservicestopharmaceutical,medicaldeviceand
biotechnologyindustryandalliedhealthcarepractitioners• tosupporttheintegrationofgenomicmedicineintoclinicalpractice,clinical
research,regulatoryandreimbursementactivities• toensurepatientsgetappropriateandtimelyaccesstonewtreatments• facilitatepatienteducationandunderstandinginconjunctionwithpatient
advocacygroupsDirector:Nicholette ConwayStage: DevelopingandplanningPlannedActivities:
• PiloteducationseminarMaywithlaunchofEducationSeriesinAugust(1dayseminars)• Focusontheinterpretationofgenomicresearchforuseinclinicaltrials,regulatoryandreimbursement
(Payer)submissions• Hostedbytheindustry’skeyeducationprovider
• Variedservicesfromspecificfocus(Analyseagenomicjournalarticle/Casestudyinadiseasestate),tobroadbased“Lunch&Learn”forcrossfunctionalcorporategroups
• HostasessionatHealthcareIndustryConferencewithfocusoneducationalneedstosupportregulatoryandreimbursementrequirements.
Response:Positive– 12monthsagonointerest,nowstronginterest.Comments:Nofundingforthis,thereforefeeforservicemodel.Multiplepartnersneededtosupportmodel–
fromeducationspecialiststoclinical,scientificandregulatoryspecialists…andalotofcooperationandgoodwill!
Thankyou