# Health Professional Rapid Personalized Learning Platform for Genomic Medicine

> **NIH NIH T32** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $124,200

## Abstract

Summary
Enhancing health providers’ knowledge of genomic medicine is essential to the appropriate use and application
of genomic testing and related interventions to support disease prevention, early diagnosis, and improved
health outcomes. Several studies have demonstrated the limited knowledge of genomic medicine in a wide
range of health providers. Furthermore, there is limited access to and/or numbers of medical geneticists and
genetic counselors for consultation or referrals. Genomic medicine is (or will soon be) relevant to all clinical
specialties and require educational resources to promote rapid-based learning. As it is clear there is no one
size fits all to meet the needs of general and clinical specialists as well as different members of the health care
team, we aim to develop a program that can be tailored to individual learning needs. Thus, we propose to
develop a Rapid Personalized Learning Platform for Genomic Medicine to promote knowledge about the
science and enable the practice of genomic medicine. Distance-based learning programs have become an
increasingly popular approach that is convenient to busy health professionals and widely accessible. We will
leverage our existing resources from the T32 post-doctoral training program in genomic medicine, particularly
our mentors as content specialists, to develop a suite of short online modules that are designed to be free-
standing, but can also be combined to develop a comprehensive learning program for a range of health
providers. As the field of genomic medicine continues to rapidly develop, these short modules can be updated
as needed with limited disruption to learners and to the module developers. Continuing education credits will
be provided through Duke University for physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurses. This
proposal will fully support the development and assessment of these online learning modules in genomic
medicine, which will serve as the foundation of a Certificate Program in Genomic Medicine. We have
institutional support for this certificate program and are excited to have the opportunity to lead in this field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10156702
- **Project number:** 3T32HG008955-04S2
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** GEOFFREY S GINSBURG
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $124,200
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-06-14 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10156702

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10156702, Health Professional Rapid Personalized Learning Platform for Genomic Medicine (3T32HG008955-04S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10156702. Licensed CC0.

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