GenoNurse is an Erasmus+ CP project funded by the European Union involving Finland, Slovenia, Italy, and Ireland with an evolving community of interested stakeholders internationally.

Purpose: The overall aim of the GenoNurse workshop is to present and discuss the GenoNurse model, GenoNurse Roadmap, GenoNurse community all of which have been co-developed through an Erasmus+ CP project to underpin improvements in the education of nursing students. The workshop will seek the perspectives of participants on the GenoNurse model and its application in an international context.

Target audience: Nursing students, practitioners, educators, researchers, and policymakers.

Organizing framework: Within this workshop, several interlinking themes will be discussed including: the GenoNurse Model, reviews of literature relating to genetic and genomic literacy and genetic and genomic competencies, ethical issues in genomic-related care, and teaching pedagogies in genetics and genomics. A world café style co-constructed sociological methodology will be used to elicit perspectives from workshop participants and for further conceptual verification and validation of the model. Such perspectives will be used to inform further development of the GenoNurse model and its application.

Conclusions: It is anticipated that this workshop will share perspectives gleaned from an international collaborative project whilst offering the opportunity to conference delegates to be involved in the conceptual verification and validation of a model which will support the education of future generations of nurses in the important area of genetics and genomics.

Acknowledgment: In addition to the presenters, the GenoNurse project includes the following people: Essi Ylistalo, Lucija Matić, Tina Kamenšek, Maria Caples, Mari Laaksonen, Cristina Petrucci, and Loreto Lancia.

Keywords: genetics, genomics, lessons learnt, nursing students, validation