Taught course
Genomic Medicine
Entry requirements
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK 2:1 Honours Degree.
Months of entry
October
Course content
The programme aims to:
- provide professionally relevant teaching and learning informed by research in an integrated clinical and research environment;
- develop and create a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine able to pursue and develop their roles in the rapidly changing and challenging environment of genomic medicine;
- prepare healthcare professionals for the adoption of genomic technologies and the increasing use of genomic information as part of the diagnostic and treatment pathway;
- develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with the confidence to lead service improvement for safe and high-quality patient care, and with the required knowledge, skills and capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others;
- develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with an understanding of research methodologies and clinical opportunities relevant to genomic medicine;
- encourage a commitment to intellectual challenge and evidence-based clinical practice informed by the latest conceptual and theoretical knowledge of genomic medicine;
- develop students' intellectual, practical and transferable skills related to genomic medicine;
- encourage critical thinking related to genomic medicine; and
- conduct systematic research relevant to their professional practice.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MPhil
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Enquiries
- medgen@medschl.cam.ac.uk