Genomics

About the Course

The purpose of this three-part course is to educate obstetrician-gynecologists and allied health care professionals about genetics and genomics as they relate to preconception/prenatal care and evaluation of women at increased risk for hereditary cancer syndromes. 

This course is:

• An interactive and clinically-oriented session focusing on new genetic technologies of relevance to women’s health
• Developed and presented by clinicians for clinicians
• Offered to help obstetricians-gynecologists integrate genetics and genomics into their daily practice

Lecture Topics

• Obtaining and recording family history
• Chromosome disorders
• Genomic arrays in prenatal diagnosis
• Prenatal diagnostic testing
• Clinical applications of array testing
• Preconception and prenatal carrier screening
• Cell-free DNA aneuploidy screening
• Basic cancer genetics
• Hereditary cancer syndromes
• Clinical approach to cancer counseling and resting
• Surveillance and medical management of hereditary cancer syndromes
• Surgical risk reduction

Learning Objectives

By the end of this educational series, the learner should be able to:

• Solicit a family history to identify appropriate genetic screening.
• Counsel a preconception/prenatal patient on new carrier screening and aneuploidy screening options, and the implications of positive and negative test result
• Discuss the pros and cons of new genetic test options for patients seeking prenatal diagnostic testing
• Recognize and counsel patients about hereditary cancer syndromes of relevance to women’s health and develop an evidence-based testing strategy