Having mutual cross-cutting priorities and working on the interface between health, education and teacher training, MedGen addresses development of teaching and medical workforce of medical genetics in Armenia and Israel. Through MedGen the partner countries will obtain highly required capacity to train their own experts and to graduate leaders for the coming revolution in clinical practice increasingly utilizing the tools of medical genetics for effective patient-oriented care and service to a diverse population.
The mission of the MedGen project is to produce innovative educational modules and programs defining and teaching competencies required in Medical Genetics and designed for the interactive medical practice and international cooperation in medical genetics.
MedGen is a cross-regional project involving 4 partner universities from Armenia and Israel and 6 EU organizations. The Armenian and Israeli universities are positioned well in their countries to become leaders in developing staff capacity and professional workforce in MG.