What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Population: Personalised medicine education and empowerment (n=9). Intervention: Delphi survey. Primary outcome: Consensus on priority areas of intervention.

What does this research mean for the field?

A consensus of experts identified seventeen priorities for the implementation of personalised medicine, comprising seven priorities for healthcare professionals' education and ten for citizens' empowerment. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

June 14, 2023Open Access

Integrating China in the international consortium for personalised medicine. a position paper on healthcare professionals’ education and citizens’ empowerment in personalised medicine

Key Result

A Delphi survey of experts reached consensus on seventeen priorities for personalised medicine, identifying seven for healthcare professionals' education and ten for citizens' empowerment.

Structured PICO

Population

9 experts in the field of personalised medicine (5 from the EU, 4 from China) representative of both academic and clinical worlds

Intervention

Two-round Delphi survey to identify priority areas for healthcare professionals' education and citizens' empowerment in personalised medicine

Outcome

Consensus on priority areas of intervention

A Delphi consensus identified 17 key priorities for integrating personalized medicine into healthcare professional education and citizen empowerment across Europe and China.

Limitations

More issues to be investigated might have been neglected due to inaccessibility of relevant documents or participants' cultural and work backgrounds.
Bringing together only European and Chinese perspectives could lack useful perspectives from participants elsewhere.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Personalised medicine (PM) has been fostered by technological and medical advances, but all stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, citizens and policy makers, should achieve adequate health literacy to promote PM implementation. The "Integrating China in the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine" (IC2PerMed) project, funded by the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine, focuses on this issue by highlighting the need to educate healthcare professionals and empower citizens. Within the aforementioned project, building on a mapping of European and Chinese policies in PM, experts in the field of PM participated in an online workshop and a following two-round Delphi survey, in order to identify the priority areas of intervention for healthcare professionals' education and curricula, engagement and empowerment of citizens and patients. RESULTS: Nine experts completed the survey and reached a consensus on seventeen priorities: seven were related to health professionals' education and curricula, whereas ten on citizen and patients' awareness and empowerment. CONCLUSION: These priorities emphasized the importance of education and health literacy, multidisciplinary and international collaboration, public trust, and consideration of ethical, legal, and social issues. The present experience highlights the relevance of the involvement of stakeholders in informing decision-makers, developing appropriate national plans, strategies, and policies, and ensuring the adequate implementation of PM in health systems.

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