Health Education England’s Genomics Education Programme (GEP) commissioned SPH to carry out an evaluation to understand early progress in the implementation of a competency framework. As the numbers and types of clinical staff involved in the process of offering genetic testing to patients grows, the GEP has worked to help ensure that those staff can feel confident that they have the knowledge and skills they need to fully inform patients and so help maximise the benefits of genomic medicine. Competency areas were defined against which users could identify which areas, if any, they felt they needed to develop further knowledge or skills.
We carried out stakeholder interviews and document reviews that helped the GEP understand the effectiveness of their communications strategy, how early adopters were using the framework, any improvements suggested by these early adopters and any enablers and barriers encountered.
