Course details
- This course is not currently scheduled but is available for group bookings on request
- Duration: 7 learning hours
- Fee: £200
- Location: Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
About this course
The course begins with a primer in genomics. It then goes on to give you the tools you need to support customers wanting over the counter genomic testing. These test will soon be widely available.
This course will familiarise you with the findings of genomics clinical tests and their impact on:
- treatment
- prognostics
- family screening
You'll cover the use of pharmacogenomics to facilitate:
- drug choice
- dose adjustment
- the avoidance of adverse drug reactions
You'll also study the issues pharmacists face on informed consent for tests impacting individual patients and their wider family.
Who this course is for
This course is for qualified pharmacists.
Learning
The learning outcomes for this course are to:
- understand basic genome structure or architecture
- relate how genetic variation identified through sequencing can impact protein to cause disease
- recognise alternative variant types and explain their potential to cause disease
- identify typical inheritance patterns in families
- summarise key attributes of alternative contemporary genomic sequencing approaches
- understand the concepts of genomic sequencing alignment, calling and annotation
- interpret a clinical genomics diagnostics report
- appreciate ethical issues concerning informed consent, incidental findings, and relevance of personal diagnoses to extended pedigree members
At the end of this course, you'll receive a certificate stating the number of learning hours you have carried out.
Course lead
The course tutors are:
- Professor Sarah Ennis, Professor of Genomics at the University of Southampton
- Dr Hayley Wickens, Consultant Pharmacist, Genomic Medicine
