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Review
. 2014 Dec 15;5(1):22.
doi: 10.1186/1878-5085-5-22. eCollection 2014.

Pre-graduate and post-graduate education in personalized medicine in the Czech Republic: statistics, analysis and recommendations

Jiri Polivka Jr  1 , Jiri Polivka  2 , Marie Karlikova  3 , Ondrej Topolcan  3
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Pre-graduate and post-graduate education in personalized medicine in the Czech Republic: statistics, analysis and recommendations

Jiri Polivka Jr et al. EPMA J. .

Abstract

The main goal of personalized medicine is the individualized approach to the patient's treatment. It could be achieved only by the integration of the complexity of novel findings in diverse "omics" disciplines, new methods of medical imaging, as well as implementation of reliable biomarkers into the medical care. The implementation of personalized medicine into clinical practice is dependent on the adaptation of pre-graduate and post-graduate medical education to these principles. The situation in the education of personalized medicine in the Czech Republic is analyzed together with novel educational tools that are currently established in our country. The EPMA representatives in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the working group of professionals at the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague have implemented the survey of personalized medicine awareness among students of Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen-the "Personalized Medicine Questionnaire". The results showed lacking knowledge of personalized medicine principles and students' will of education in this domain. Therefore, several educational activities addressed particularly to medical students and young physicians were realized at our facility with very positive evaluation. These educational activities (conferences, workshops, seminars, e-learning and special courses in personalized medicine (PM)) will be a part of pre-graduate and post-graduate medical education, will be extended to other medical faculties in our country. The "Summer School of Personalized Medicine in Plzen 2015" will be organized at the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen as the first event on this topic in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: EPMA; Educational tools; Predictive; Preventive and personalized medicine; Recommendations; Statistics; Training.

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The PM questionnaire results 1. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Have you ever heard the term personalized medicine?”
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The PM questionnaire results 2. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Would you be able to explain, what does the personalized medicine mean?”
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The PM questionnaire results 3. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Do you consider PM to be important?”
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The PM questionnaire results 4. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Do you think personalized medicine should be studied as an independent discipline or through the various disciplines separately?”
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The PM questionnaire results 5. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Do you consider the role of personalized medicine will increase with the progress of knowledge?”
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The PM questionnaire results 6. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Is tuition in personalized medicine sufficient in pre-graduate education in medical school?”
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The PM questionnaire results 7. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Do you think personalized medicine should be implemented into the pre-graduate education of medicine for all students?”
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The PM questionnaire results 8. The PM questionnaire results—the question “Do you think personalized medicine should be implemented into the pre-graduate education of medicine as credit course?”
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The PM questionnaire results 9. The PM questionnaire results—means of responses for particular questions.
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