The Genomic Medicine Game

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016:228:750-4.

Abstract

With advancements in genomics technology, health care has been improving and new paradigms of medicine such as genomic medicine have evolved. The education of clinicians, researchers and students to face the challenges posed by these new approaches, however, has been often lagging behind. From this the Genomic Medicine Game, an educational tool, was created for the purpose of conceptualizing the key components of Genomic Medicine. A number of phenotype-genotype associations were found through a literature review, which was used to be a base for the concepts the Genomic Medicine Game would focus on. Built in Java, the game was successfully tested with promising results.

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Education, Medical / methods*
  • Games, Experimental
  • Genetic Association Studies
  • Genomics / education*
  • Humans
  • Research Personnel