@article{97fb3d3317e24a1981d1f45fb90cca61,
title = "The Undergraduate Training in Genomics (UTRIG) Initiative: Early & active training for physicians in the genomic medicine era",
abstract = "Genomic medicine is transforming patient care. However, the speed of development has left a knowledge gap between discovery and effective implementation into clinical practice. Since 2010, the Training Residents in Genomics (TRIG) Working Group has found success in building a rigorous genomics curriculum with implementation tools aimed at pathology residents in postgraduate training years 1-4. Based on the TRIG model, the interprofessional Undergraduate Training in Genomics (UTRIG) Working Group was formed. Under the aegis of the Undergraduate Medical Educators Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs and representation from nine additional professional societies, UTRIG's collaborative goal is building medical student genomic literacy through development of a ready-to-use genomics curriculum. Key elements to the UTRIG curriculum are expert consensus-driven objectives, active learning methods, rigorous assessment and integration.",
keywords = "NCI, active learning, curricula, genetics, genomics, interprofessional, medical education, precision medicine",
author = "Wilcox, {Rebecca L.} and Adem, {Patricia V.} and Ebrahim Afshinnekoo and Atkinson, {James B.} and Burke, {Leah W.} and Hoiwan Cheung and Shoumita Dasgupta and Julia Delagarza and Loren Joseph and Robin Legallo and Madelyn Lew and Lockwood, {Christina M.} and Alice Meiss and Jennifer Norman and Priscilla Markwood and Hasan Rizvi and Shane-Carson, {Kate P.} and Sobel, {Mark E.} and Eric Suarez and Tafe, {Laura J.} and Jason Wang and Haspel, {Richard L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Efforts to improve health practitioners{\textquoteright} genomics knowledge • Important initiatives to improve health practitioner genomics education include the Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Physician Education in Genomics white paper entitled {\textquoteleft}Framework for Development of Physician Competencies in Genomic Medicine{\textquoteright}, the College of American Pathologists Genomics Curriculum Work Group{\textquoteright}s 32 high-priority genomics {\textquoteleft}Competencies for Practicing Pathologists{\textquoteright}, the Association for Molecular Pathologists {\textquoteleft}A Suggested Molecular Pathology Curriculum for Residents{\textquoteright} and the Association for Professors of Human and Medical Genetics {\textquoteleft}Medical School Core Curriculum in Genetics{\textquoteright}. • The Training Residents in Genomics (TRIG) Working group, formed in 2010 through the Pathology Residency Directors Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs and supported by an R25 grant from the National Cancer Institute, has successfully built a rigorous genomics curriculum with tools for implementation aimed at resident level trainees. • To close the knowledge gap it is necessary to start at the beginning. Building genomic literacy in our medical students is critical to not only preparing of future physicians to practice in the age of precision medicine but to empower them to teach those already in practice. • The Undergraduate Training in Genomics (UTRIG) Working Group, organized in 2016 under the aegis of the Undergraduate Medical Educators Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs, is an interprofessional working group with a collaborative goal of building genomic literacy in medical students through the development of a standardized, ready-to-use genomics curriculum. Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (2R25CA168544). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Future Medicine Ltd.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.2217/pme-2017-0077",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "199--208",
journal = "Personalized Medicine",
issn = "1741-0541",
publisher = "Future Medicine Ltd.",
number = "3",
}