ECTS: 2
Course leader: Deirdre Cronin Fenton
Language: English
Graduate school: Faculty of Health
Graduate program: ClinFO
Course fee: 2,400.00 DKK
Status: Course is finished
Semester: Fall 2021
Application deadline: 03/10/2021
Cancellation deadline: 17/10/2021
Course type: Classroom teaching
Start date: 01/11/2021
Administrator: Johanne Gregor Nielsen
The course, C279/03 Personalised medicine, is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, autum 2021
Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students). Target group: Ph.D. students and researchers working/planning to work on studies related to personalised medicine
Due to rapid advances in genomics, the “one size fits all” approach to medicine is moving towards patient-tailored healthcare. “Personalised”, “precision”, “targeted”, “tailored”, or even so-called “bespoke” medicine encompasses a multidisciplinary approach to medicine that incorporates an individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions aimed at disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Aim: To provide students with an overview on concepts of personalised medicine. The course will be a combination of interactive lectures and group work. Students are not required to complete an exam at the end of the course.
Learning outcomes:
- Define “personalised medicine” in disease diagnosis and treatment
- Enumerate “omics” and how “omics” can be utilized in routine clinics
- Describe the role of epigenetics in personalized medicine
- Understand molecular pathology approaches as a tool in personalised medicine
- Compare and contrast clinical epidemiology approaches to personalised medicine
- Describe “big data” approaches to assess the effectiveness of precision medicine
- Identify ethical issues related to personalised medicine in clinical practice and in clinical epidemiologic research
Content: Interactive group work and lectures
Recommended knowledge for participation: Basics of epidemiology (undergraduate level). Oncology/cancer research knowledge
Venue: Kollokvierum Øst (1268-218), the Victor Albeck Building, Vennelyst Blvd. 4, 8000 Aarhus C
Participation in the course is without cost for:
- PhD students, Research Year students and Research Honours Programme students from Aarhus University
- PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc network
- PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses
Course dates:
- 01 November 2021 09:00 - 16:00
- 09 November 2021 09:00 - 16:00
- 15 November 2021 09:00 - 16:00