Teaching next-generation sequencing to medical students with a portable sequencing device.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There continues to be a disjoint between the emergence of new diagnostic technologies and venues to train new physicians on how to apply them. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has become a very important tool for a wide range of clinical applications. Technical complexity and cost have been the major obstacles in incorporating these technologies into the classroom.

Goal for innovation

We opted to use the MinION, which is a new portable DNA sequencer that can produce data in real-time at a relatively low cost, for a NGS hands-on workshop with medical students.

Steps taken

We conducted a pilot NGS hands-on practical module in order to expose an interested group of medical students to this new portable sequencer device. A pre- and post-survey, using a Likert-t

SUBMITTER: Cervantes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368599 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature