The main goal of personalized medicine is the individualized approach to the patient's treatment. It could be achieved only by the integration of the complexity of novel findings in diverse "omics" disciplines, new methods of medical imaging, as well as implementation of reliable biomarkers into the medical care. The implementation of personalized medicine into clinical practice is dependent on the adaptation of pre-graduate and post-graduate medical education to these principles. The situation in the education of personalized medicine in the Czech Republic is analyzed together with novel educational tools that are currently established in our country. The EPMA representatives in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the working group of professionals at the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague have implemented the survey of personalized medicine awareness among students of Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen-the "Personalized Medicine Questionnaire". The results showed lacking knowledge of personalized medicine principles and students' will of education in this domain. Therefore, several educational activities addressed particularly to medical students and young physicians were realized at our facility with very positive evaluation. These educational activities (conferences, workshops, seminars, e-learning and special courses in personalized medicine (PM)) will be a part of pre-graduate and post-graduate medical education, will be extended to other medical faculties in our country. The "Summer School of Personalized Medicine in Plzen 2015" will be organized at the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen as the first event on this topic in the Czech Republic.

Department of Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Prague Husova 3 Pilsen 301 66 Czech Republic ; Biomedical Centre Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Prague Husova 3 Pilsen 301 66 Czech Republic

Department of Neurology Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Prague and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen alej Svobody 80 Pilsen 304 60 Czech Republic

Faculty Hospital in Pilsen Central Immunoanalytical Laboratory alej Svobody 80 Pilsen 304 60 Czech Republic

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