This module has been developed in partnership with the Women’s Brain Project.
Presenter: Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-founder and CSO, Women’s Brain Project
Duration: 40 mins total
Sections: 5
This module is designed as a general and engaging introduction to the topic of precision medicine (PM) and its relevance for neurological patients. Participants will learn:
- What precision medicine is with easy, case-studies examples from different disciplines.
- Why we need precision medicine in neurology
- What precision medicine means from a patient point of view (in the context of a patient-centric approach).
The following topics will be covered during this e-learning module:
- What is precision medicine? An example from oncology
- ‘Not all patients are equal’ – From shallow medicine to PM
- How about brain disorders? – The example of dementia
- The example of Parkinson: precision medicine and personalised healthcare
- Precision medicine and me – the patient perspective
When you have finished all sections of the module be sure to take the associated quiz and obtain your certificate of completion!
Additional resources
About precision medicine and sex/gender differences:
- Video - (Fighting Alzheimer with Precision Medicine) Contrastare l'Alzheimer con la Medicina di Precisione | Maria Teresa Ferretti | TEDxTreviso (with English subtitles): https://youtu.be/9nWpkv0o55U
- Video - Antonella Santuccione Chadha·TEDxPadova - The new frontier of medicine is precision.: https://www.ted.com/talks/antonella_santuccione_chadha_the_new_frontier_of_medicine_is_precision
- Academic book – Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer’s Disease https://www.elsevier.com/books/sex-and-gender-differences-in-alzheimers-disease/ferretti/978-0-12-819344-0
- Lay public Book (in Italian) – Una Bambina Senza Testa, https://www.edizionimondonuovo.com/collane/i-fuori-collana/una-bambina-senza-testa/
- Article BBC: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180705-why-dementia-and-alzheimers-affect-women-more-than-men
What you can do to reduce risk of brain disorders:
- The Be Brain Powerful campaign: https://www.womensbrainproject.com/be-brain-powerful-switzerland/
- Video by WBP CEO’s Antonella Santuccione Chadha: https://youtu.be/hP6tqiPKKts
- Explanatory video: https://youtu.be/r7qWTNN74cY