Bringing Racial Equality in Healthcare with Precision Medicine

What you'll learn

Course overview

This 1-hour credit course is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy. Traditional practice to medicine approach works on the philosophy of "one size fits all" and how precision medicine can be an answer to a more targeted approach and research incentives with futuristic applications can be an answer to better clinical outcomes for humans as one race. The focus on each of the following aspects will address the gap in application of precision medicine (1) Using Diverse Research to Individualize Rather Than Racialized Medicine (2) Avoiding Assumptions with Race-based Research (3) Ensuring that Race-based Research Groups Fully Capture Genetic Diversity (4) The Importance of Researching Diverse Populations to Ensure Representation (5) Race as a Social or Scientific Construct. This self-paced course is available online through any device with internet access. There are unlimited test attempts and no time limit for completion. Credits will be reported automatically to CE Broker if your license information is entered properly in your profile.