Exploring the lived experience of learning genomics in the workplace: considerations for innovations and workforce preparedness

• Alice Kim (PhD student)

  am.kim@unimelb.edu.au
  alice.kim@student.unimelb.edu.au

Project Details

Numerous countries, including Australia, are working to implement genomics into their respective healthcare systems. Such efforts are creating workplace learning opportunities which could address the medical workforce’s historical lack of preparedness to practice genetics/genomics.

To explore how workplace learning could be leveraged to facilitate workforce preparedness, this PhD study explored doctors’ lived experiences of learning genomics in the workplace. The findings demonstrate the utility of workplace learning in providing novel considerations for innovations, workforce preparedness and system-wide change efforts.

Collaborators

Supervisors:

Primary supervisor: Prof Louise Keogh

Co-supervisor: A/Prof Amy Nisselle (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Honorary Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne)

Co-supervisor: Prof Jennifer Weller-Newton (School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health University of Canberra; Honorary Principal Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne)

Funding

Fay Marles scholarship, The University of Melbourne

Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset scholarship, Australian Government.

Research Publications

Kim A, Nisselle A, Keogh L, Weller-Newton J. (2025). Constructing a Typology of Learner Archetypes: insights from health professionals’ lived experiences of learning genomics in the workplace. Vocations and Learning 18, 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-025-09374-5

Kim A., Nisselle A., Keogh L., & Weller-Newton J. (2025). Developing the Workplace Learning Social System: considerations for genomics implementation and workforce preparedness. Personalized Medicine, 22(2),129–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/17410541.2025.2475731

Kim A, Nisselle A, Weller-Newton J, McClaren B, Keogh L. (2022) Unearthing the Learning of Genomic Medicine in the Workplace: a Qualitative Study. Vocations and Learning, 15:387–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-022-09293-9