Course Description
COURSE DESCRIPTION & PROGRAM FORMAT
The 2 ½ day format provides an intense learning environment with exam preparation lectures that cover a broad range of genetic topics presented by recognized experts. The lectures will be reinforced by a syllabus specifically designed to complement the material covered. Lectures will be supplemented with exam workshops utilizing an Audience Response System that will allow for interactive learning, in-depth coverage of exam content areas and will facilitate audience participation, enabling participants to respond to questions representative of those found on the Board exams, as well as receive feedback in real time.
Participants will take a pre-review examination composed of multiple-choice questions similar to those one might encounter in the Board examinations. These will be graded and the answers to these and other practice questions discussed in the exam workshops.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this Course, the participant should be able to:
- Identify common genetic syndromes and discuss their clinical features.
- Interpret standard molecular data and explain how to communicate results to families.
- Perform simple quantitative genetic calculations and solve related problems.
- Understand basic cytogenetics and identify features of common chromosomal disorders.
- Recognize clinical features of selected metabolic disorders and describe their molecular basis and review how to provide counseling about them.
- Appreciate the extents and limits of prenatal tests and explain how to perform routine prenatal counseling.
- Understand clinical and molecular aspects of inherited cancer syndromes and know how to provide counseling for common human cancers.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is designed to assist genetics healthcare professionals who are seeking to update and reinforce their general knowledge of medical genetics.