Amy Nisselle1,2,3, Monika Janinski1,2, Melissa Martyn2,3,4, Belinda McClaren1,2,3, Nadia Kaunein1,2, Kristine Barlow-Stewart5, Andrea Belcher1,6, John A Bernat7, Stephanie Best1,2,8, Michelle Bishop9, June C Carroll10, Martina Cornel11, Vajira H W Dissanayake12, Agnes Dodds13, Kate Dunlop1,14, Gunjan Garg15, Russell Gear16, Debra Graves1,17, Ken Knight2,3, Bruce Korf18, Dhavendra Kumar19, Mercy Laurino20, Alan Ma15,21, Jane Maguire22, Andrew Mallett1,6, Maria McCarthy2,3,23, Alison McEwen24, Nicola Mulder25, Chirag Patel1,26, Catherine Quinlan1,2,3,23, Kate Reed27, Erin Rooney Riggs28, Ingrid Sinnerbrink29,30, Anne Slavotinek31, Vijayaprakash Suppiah32, Bronwyn Terrill1,33,34, Edward S Tobias35, Emma Tonkin36, Steve Trumble13, Tina-Marie Wessels37, Sylvia Metcalfe1,2,3, Helen Jordan38, Clara Gaff39,40,41. 1. Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2. Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 3. Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 4. Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 5. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 6. Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 7. Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. 8. Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 9. Genomics Education Programme, Health Education England, Birmingham, UK. 10. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 11. Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 12. Department of Anatomy & Human Genetics Unit, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13. Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 14. Centre for Genetics Education, NSW Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 15. Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 16. Genetic Health Services New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand. 17. Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 18. School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. 19. William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. 20. Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines. 21. Discipline of Genomic Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 22. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 23. Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 24. Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 25. Computational Biology Division, IDM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 26. Genetic Health Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 27. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA. 28. Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, USA. 29. NSW Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 30. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 31. Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. 32. Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. 33. Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 34. University of New South Wales Sydney, St Vincent's Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 35. School of Medicine, Nursing & Dentistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 36. Genomics Policy Unit, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK. 37. Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 38. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 39. Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. cgaff@unimelb.edu.au. 40. Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. cgaff@unimelb.edu.au. 41. Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. cgaff@unimelb.edu.au.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Widespread, quality genomics education for health professionals is required to create a competent genomic workforce. A lack of standards for reporting genomics education and evaluation limits the evidence base for replication and comparison. We therefore undertook a consensus process to develop a recommended minimum set of information to support consistent reporting of design, development, delivery, and evaluation of genomics education interventions. METHODS: Draft standards were derived from literature (25 items from 21 publications). Thirty-six international experts were purposively recruited for three rounds of a modified Delphi process to reach consensus on relevance, clarity, comprehensiveness, utility, and design. RESULTS: The final standards include 18 items relating to development and delivery of genomics education interventions, 12 relating to evaluation, and 1 on stakeholder engagement. CONCLUSION: These Reporting Item Standards for Education and its Evaluation in Genomics (RISE2 Genomics) are intended to be widely applicable across settings and health professions. Their use by those involved in reporting genomics education interventions and evaluation, as well as adoption by journals and policy makers as the expected standard, will support greater transparency, consistency, and comprehensiveness of reporting. Consequently, the genomics education evidence base will be more robust, enabling high-quality education and evaluation across diverse settings.
PURPOSE: Widespread, quality genomics education for health professionals is required to create a competent genomic workforce. A lack of standards for reporting genomics education and evaluation limits the evidence base for replication and comparison. We therefore undertook a consensus process to develop a recommended minimum set of information to support consistent reporting of design, development, delivery, and evaluation of genomics education interventions. METHODS: Draft standards were derived from literature (25 items from 21 publications). Thirty-six international experts were purposively recruited for three rounds of a modified Delphi process to reach consensus on relevance, clarity, comprehensiveness, utility, and design. RESULTS: The final standards include 18 items relating to development and delivery of genomics education interventions, 12 relating to evaluation, and 1 on stakeholder engagement. CONCLUSION: These Reporting Item Standards for Education and its Evaluation in Genomics (RISE2 Genomics) are intended to be widely applicable across settings and health professions. Their use by those involved in reporting genomics education interventions and evaluation, as well as adoption by journals and policy makers as the expected standard, will support greater transparency, consistency, and comprehensiveness of reporting. Consequently, the genomics education evidence base will be more robust, enabling high-quality education and evaluation across diverse settings.
Authors: Kushani Jayasinghe; You Wu; Zornitza Stark; Peter G Kerr; Andrew J Mallett; Clara Gaff; Melissa Martyn; Ilias Goranitis; Catherine Quinlan Journal: Kidney Int Rep Date: 2021-09-08