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Date: 19 Sep 2022 - 08 Nov 2022
Start time: 09:30AM
End time: 12:45PM
Venue: Online
Cost: £220 – £300
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Opening times
Daytime event.Topics
- Pregnancy
This skills based course is designed to give midwives and other health professionals working in a prenatal testing setting tools to help them to enable patients to access appropriate onwards referral.
The course will take place on six half day sessions between 19th September 2022 and 08th November 2022 on Zoom:
- 19 September
- 20 September
- 17 October
- 18 October
- 7 November
- 8 November
Please note these sessions will not be repeated nor recorded.
Programme overview
Recent technological advances are shaping testing and counselling options in prenatal genetics.
This skills based course is designed to give midwives and other health professionals working in a prenatal testing setting tools to help them to enable patients to access appropriate onwards referral. These include obtaining a family history, identify high risk family histories, approaches to genetic testing, consent taking and counselling skills associated with providing information and results.
The course will provide the background scientific knowledge needed to understand the theory behind the application of genetics in a prenatal setting. The scientific content will be complemented with case based examples and practical exercises to connect the scientific theory to the application in your day to day practice.
Participants will be equipped with the basics of prenatal genetic counselling and managing complex scenarios as well as an update on new technologies. They will also gain skills in taking a family history and assessing when a referral on to clinical genetics is indicated.
All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the course. CPD accredited by Royal College of Midwives.
Course Director: Charlotte Tomlinson
Sessions will be delivered by various GSTT expert speakers.
Agenda
| Day 1 Monday, 19 September 2022 |
9:30am – 12:30pm | Recognise basic inheritance patterns Identify relevant family history and draw a family tree
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| Day 2 Tuesday, 20 September 2022 |
9:30am – 12:45pm | Demonstrate the knowledge and communication skills to obtain informed consent for genetic testing in a prenatal setting
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| Day 3 Monday, 17 October 2022 |
9:30am – 12:45pm | Compare types of genetic tests and recognise the situations that they might be used in
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| Day 4 Tuesday, 18 October 2022 |
9:30am – 12:20pm | Discuss tools and procedures used to diagnose genetic conditions during or following pregnancy Compare and contrast the role of different healthcare professionals in the prenatal setting
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| Day 5 Monday, 7 November 2022 |
9:30am – 12:30pm | Demonstrate the use of knowledge about genetic testing gained to discuss a patient’s pathway involving genetic testing in pregnancy
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| Day 6 Tuesday, 8 November 2022 |
9:30am – 12:30pm | Recognise the emotions that a patient undergoing genetic testing in a prenatal setting may experience and when further support might be needed Recall how to refer to clinical genetics services and what information is useful to include in the referral
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