GeNotes reaches 1 million page views
Our flagship resource for clinicians, GeNotes, has hit a new milestone
In the month that GeNotes – genomic notes for clinicians – added its tenth healthcare specialty, the Genomics Education Programme (GEP) team has celebrated another achievement. In February, GeNotes hit an incredible 1 million page views since its launch back in June 2022. That figure has more than tripled when compared with data from a year ago.
Another figure that has tripled in the past year is the total number of people accessing GeNotes, which now totals around 600,000 users since launch.
In fact, each month GeNotes is now reaching around 50,000 users, totalling almost 80,000 page views. These are all global figures, as GeNotes is an open access resource – a feature that was frequently requested in our user research. The UK figures are around 55% of that, with the content designed to support the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and developed in collaboration with clinical experts across the health service.
Designing GeNotes
GeNotes began as an idea from our now clinical director, Professor Kate Tatton-Brown, as a way to support clinicians who, for the first time, were able to access genomic testing for their patients via the National Genomic Test Directory.
Kate worked with the GEP to map out how GeNotes could work, and we tested that idea with clinicians using paper-based prototypes. Next, we moved on to web-based alpha testing, then private beta testing and, now, our public beta website. This means that GeNotes has reached our quality standards to release, though we continue to seek feedback and make improvements.
We have tested GeNotes with secondary and tertiary care consultants and doctors in training, as well as GPs and specialists among nursing and pharmacy, and we continue our user research via feedback forms available on every GeNotes page. Here is some of the positive comments we’ve received so far:
“I think it looks like a great resource. I can’t think of anything that is doing this job already, so it will be really helpful to have.”
“It’s just very user friendly. Very clear, uncluttered. Just the information I want to see. I think it’s excellent.”
“It’s very accessible, not overwhelming and very concise, it gives you the important information that you would need in the clinic.”
“I see around 5-6 cases a year with genetic queries and it can be really hard to find reliable information. This will be my first point of call from now on.”
“Doctor here, studying for MRCP. This information is very clear and I found it useful.”
“As a specialty trainee in oncology, this is going to be a very useful resource in clinic and also for my own learning.”
“Am I likely to use GeNotes in the future? Definitely, 100%.”
You can read more about how we developed GeNotes in this BMC Medical Education paper, ‘Genotes – a ‘just-in-time’ genomics education resource co-designed with clinicians‘.
Improving GeNotes
While the positive feedback has been brilliant to see, we are always looking at ways to improve GeNotes and make it as useful for clinicians as possible.
We have some pilot projects underway to widen access to GeNotes, including the addition of GeNotes in primary care clinical templates covering cancer and rare disease that are available in 87% of GP practices.
We also have more healthcare specialties being added to GeNotes in the coming months, including Immunology and Mental Health, as well as additions to our popular rare disease resources and visual communication aids.
What would you like to see from GeNotes? Share your thoughts and suggestions with the team via our feedback form.
