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Personalised Medicine
"The effort to define and strengthen the art of individualizing health care by integrating the interpretation of
patient data (medical history, family history, signs and symptoms) with emerging '-omic' technologies - nutritional genomics, pharmaco-genomics, proteomics and metabolomics"
Source: Jones, D., Hofman, L. and Quinn, S., 2009. 21st Century Medicine: A New Model for Medical Education and Practice. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine. PDF available here
Kussmann, M. and Fay, L.B., 2008. Nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition: Science and concept. Personalized Medicine, [online] 5(5), pp.447-455. Available at: <http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583041> [Accessed 30 May 2018]
Mandatory Activity (20 minutes)
Identify three key strengths and three potential weaknesses of a personalised approach to medicine
Post your thoughts on the discussion forum
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Personalised Nutrition
Mandatory Activity (30 minutes)
How do you define 'personalised nutrition'?
How do you explain this concept to your clients/patients?
Post your definition and explanation on the discussion forum to debate with your colleagues and tutors
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Personalised Nutrition
"An innovative concept that identifies individual nutritional needs based on genetic make-up. Included in the concept are the products and services that will be developed according to those needs."
Optional Reading (30 minutes)
Ronteltap, A. and Van Trijp, H., 2007. Consumer acceptance of personalised nutrition. Genes and Nutrition, [online] 2(1), pp.85-87. Available at: <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2474929/> [Accessed 30 May 2018]
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Personalised Medicine and Personalised Nutrition
Integrating the Science and the Art of Medicine
A model of comprehensive care and primary prevention for complex, chronic illness grounded in both the science and the art of clinical medicine
Read this article by Woolever (2008) on the Art and Science of Clinical Decision Making: Woolever, D.R., 2008. Clinical Decision Making. Family Practice Management, [online] 15(5), pp.31–36. Available at: <https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0500/p31.pdf> [Accessed 30 May 2018]
Please note: Unfortunately the Patrick Hanaway video is no longer available on YouTube
Mandatory Activity (15 minutes)
Reflect on the following questions:
Which aspects of personalised medicine and personalised nutrition might represent the science?
Which aspects might represent the art?
Continue the discussion with colleagues on the discussion forum
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YouTube Video Reference:
Functional Forum, 2017. The Art and Science of Medicine with John Briffa [Functional Forum, James Maskell]. [video online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhsXnyeViuw [Accessed 30 May 2018].
Integrating the Science and Art of Medicine
Evolving sciences (genomics, pharmacogenomics and nutrigenomics) blended with...
Nutrition science (diet, nutraceuticals and botanicals) for disease prevention and wellness promotion and...
Mind-body therapies and other complementary and integrative approaches offer innovative and promising new approaches to
healthcare plus the benefits of hard sciences, clinical medicine and integrative practices to patients, clinicians, researchers and educators
Source: Jones, D., Hofman, L. and Quinn, S., 2009. 21st Century Medicine: A New Model for Medical Education and Practice. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine. PDF available here
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