ArticleGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2020
Training the next generation of genomic medicine providers: trends in medical education and national assessment.
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- Physician Perception of the Importance of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Medical Education and Clinical Practice.Medical education online · 2023Article
- Precision Medicine as a New Frontier in Speech-Language Pathology: How Applying Insights From Behavior Genomics Can Improve Outcomes in Communication Disorders.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2023Article
- Are Graduate Medical Trainees Prepared for the Personalized Genomic Medicine Revolution? Trainee Perspectives at One Institution.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- The effect of genetic education on the referral of patients to genetic evaluation: Findings from a national survey of nephrologists.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2023Article
- Correspondence on "Ensuring best practice in genomics education and evaluation: Reporting item standards for education and its evaluation in genomics (RISE2 Genomics)" by Nisselle et al.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2022Article
- Education and Training of Non-Genetics Providers on the Return of Genome Sequencing Results in a NICU Setting.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the utilization of genetics on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE®).
methodsA team of clinical genetics educators performed an analysis of the representation of genetics content on a robust sample of recent Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), and Step 3 examination forms. The content of each question was mapped to curriculum recommendations from the peer reviewed Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics white paper, Medical School Core Curriculum in Genetics, and the USMLE Content Outline.
resultsThe committee identified 13.4%, 10.4%, and 4.4% of Steps 1, 2 and 3 respectively, as having genetics content. The genetics content of the exams became less pertinent to the questions from Step 1 to 3, with decreasing genetics content by exam and increasing percentages of questions identified as having genetics content in the distractors only.
conclusionThe current distribution of genetics in USMLE licensing examinations reflects traditional curricular approaches with genetics as a basic science course in the early years of medical school and de-emphasizes clinical relevance of the field. These observations support the notion that further integration is required to move genetics into the clinical curriculum of medical schools and the clinical content of USMLE Step exams.
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