The course content addresses the following topics:
- Foundation of human genetics and genetic variation
- Omics and bioinformatics in clinical practice
- Biomedical informatics and health data ecosystems
- Public health informatics and the African health care context
- Pharmacogenomics and other applications of precision medicine
- Introduction to the types and characteristics of biomedical databases: a general view of selected biological databases and search tools (e.g. databases in healthcare and electronic health records)
- Case studies from Africa
- Artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and emerging digital technologies in health care
- Ethics, privacy, and governance in precision medicine