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
Introduction to the Genomics Course
This mixed-media curriculum will enhance physicians’ knowledge and application of genomic technologies in the fields of reproductive health care.
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