African Genomic Medicine Training Initiative (AGMT)

The aim of this Professional Development Course was to provide genomics and genetics education to Nurses, Medical Doctors and Pathologists/Medical Laboratory Scientists & Technicians based in Africa. This course was provided free of charge - there was no cost associated with hosting a classroom for AGMT_2022. Further, attendance for participants and volunteer staff must be completely free-of-charge. If classrooms have running costs, they need to find alternate ways to cover these costs.  AGMT was launched in May 2016, in Senegal, by a group of stakeholders from the H3Africa Consortium and the AfSHG. AGMT course has successfully delivered a genomic medicine course to Nurses in 2017 and 2019. The 2022 iteration will deliver a genomic medicine course not only to Nurses but to Medical Doctors, Pathologists/Medical Laboratory Scientists and Technicians. There is a continuous need for genomic medicine across Africa from various health professionals. AGMT is working towards meeting this demand and accommodating different health professionals in addition to the group that it is currently accommodating.  The 1st AGMT iteration was run in 2017 with 19 classrooms in 11 countries, 1 online class, 225 students registered! The 2nd iteration was run in 2019 with 22 classrooms in 13 countries, 1 online class, 294 students registered. The 3rd iteration was run in 2022 with 24 classrooms (1 face-to-face, 3 blended and 20 online) in 11 countries and more than 800 participants with 261 students officially passing the course.</p