Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Understanding Genetic Disorders: How DNA Influences Health
After this course learners will understand how differences in genes impact health and recognise that DNA variations are major contributing factors to disease. Learners will explore how pathogenic variants can give rise to clinical conditions and how genetics services contribute to patient care.
4 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Maria Jackson
Senior Lecturer in Medical Genetics
The University of Glasgow
Dr Gerhard May
Lecturer in Medical Genetics
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss the molecular basis of selected inherited conditions that illustrate the main patterns of inheritance
- Understand how to draw and analyse a pedigree and calculate genetic risk
- Describe how laboratories can use the latest technologies to identify genetic variants that have led to the patient's condition
- Explore how an understanding of the genetic basis of disease can facilitate improved management and therapies of genetic conditions
- Explore ways in which clinicians and genetic counsellors help patients to understand the implications of genetics for themselves and other family members and explore the options available to them
Syllabus
- The Genetic Basis of Disease
- Clinical Approaches in Genetics
- Genetics Laboratory Diagnostics Services
- Clinical Management of Genetic Conditions
- Living with Genetic Disease
Issued on 20th March 2023
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