NSGC 2008 AEC & Short Course Online Access

Were you unable to make it to the 2008 AEC and Short Course in Los Angeles?

Are you looking to access sessions that you were unable to while in Los Angeles?

Do you need to earn extra Category 1 CEUs?

The 2008 AEC and Short Course is available and can be re-experienced as it happened and at your convenience via NSGC's new online learning portal. The 2008 AEC & Short Course Online Access will feature recordings* of presentations complete with fully synchronized PowerPoint slides. A complete listing of sessions available in each portal is included below!

-* With Speaker Approval

Short Course Online Content: Taking Heredity to Heart: Cardiovascular Genetics, An Overview

• Cardiac Tools and Procedures: A Primer - Robert Siegel, MD
• Congenital Heart Defects: Pediatric and Adult Perspective - Jeffery Towbin, MD, FFAP, FACC, FAHA
• Cardiomyopathy Genetics - Daniel Judge, MD
• Familial Aneurysm / Dissection Syndromes - Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD
• Genetics of Arrhythmogenesis and Sudden Cardiac Death - G. Michael Vincent, MD
• How Genetics is Influencing Practice: Focus on Neuromuscular Disease – Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
• Familial Risk Assessment for Coronary Heart Disease - Maren Scheuner, MD, MPH, FACMG
• Incorporating Cardiogenetics into Your Practice and Institution - Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC, Erin Houghton, MS, GCG, Amy Sturm, MS, CGC
• The Multiple Facets of Managing a Cardiogenetics Family: A Case-based Approach - Christina Honeywell, MS, CCGC, Julie Rutberg, MS, CGC, CCRP
• The Psychological Implications of Inherited Cardiovascular Disease - Adrienne Kovacs, PhD, CPsych, Alice Lara, RN, BSN

AEC Online Content

• Plenary Sessions
• Janus Series Plenary Session: Friedreich Ataxia - Jennifer Farmer
• Janus Series Plenary Session: The Debate over Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD): Current Status, Value and the Future - Jill Fischer
• Janus Series Plenary Session: Lynch Syndrome - At the Intersection between Genetics and Pathology - Heather Hampel
• Privileging Family Stories in Genetic Understanding: An Updated Paradigm for Genetic Counselors - Caroline Lieber
• Natural History and Molecular Delineation of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome; a Cohesinopathy Disorder - Antonie Kline, MD
• Beverly Rollnick Plenary Session: Twins Perspective on Living with Cystic Fibrosis: Lessons Learned - Anabel Stenzel, Isabel Stenzel Byrnes
• Translating Research into Clinical Practice: What's New With BRCA1 and BRCA2? - Jeffrey Weitzel, MD, Steven Narod, MD, FRCPC
• Incorporating Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) into Genetic Risk Assessment: Current Practices, Challenges, and Future Directions - Dawn Allain, MS, CGC, Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC, Elissa Levin, MS, CGC
• Educational Breakout Sessions
• An Update on Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes - Emily Edelman, Thereasa Rich, Rebecca Nagy, Mira Milas
• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Prenatal Dysmorphology - Christina Armeli, Martin Chavez, Susan Sklower Brooks, Christine Seymour
• All in the family: Facilitating Family Adaption to Chronic Disease Using Theory-Based Genetic Counseling Skills - Amanda Bergner
• Big Heads, Bumpy Skin, and Benign Thyroid Disease - When Should you Consider PTEN Gene Testing? - Robert Pilarski, Elizabeth Varga, Rebecca Nagy
• Ultrasound Findings of Unclear Significance: A Review of Current Genetic Counseling Practice - Session Coordinator: Kathryn Steinhaus French
• Emerging Approaches in the evaluation and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders - Judith Piggot, Ronald Leaf, G. Bradley Schaefer
• Publish for Success - Terri Blase, Kristen Vogel, Sarah Charles, Patricia McCarthy Veach, Robert Resta
• A How-To Guide: Genetic Counseling Board Exam 101 - Melissa Savage, Christina Giatropoulous
• The Role of the Genetic Counselor in the Era of the $1000 Genome - Jennifer Saam
• PMS2: Clinical Phenotypes of Monoallelic and Biallelic Mutation Carriers - Leigha Senter, Spring Holter
• Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening, Diagnosis, and Integration of Genetic Counselors in the CF Center - Amy Powers, Sumedha Ghate
• DNA meets DSM: The Interface Between Genetics and Special Education -Brenda Finucane

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CEU Approval & Information

NSGC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs attained at the AEC for purposes of certification and recertification. Note: If Contact Hours and CEUs were earned for participation in the live event in Los Angeles during October, 2008, the total number of CEUs on record with NSGC for this online activity will reflect only the hours for sessions not reported on the attendee’s CEU self-report form from the 2008 AEC and Short Course.

The Online Access to the 2008 AEC has been approved for up to 29.75 Contact Hours or 2.97 CEUs (Category 1).

The Online Access to the 2008 Short Course has been approved for up to 11.5 Contact Hours and 1.15 CEUs total (Category 1).

If you are interested in claiming CEUs for the Online Access to either the AEC or Short Course, you must purchase the offering containing the CEU fee. Particpants will be required to take and pass a quiz at the conclusion of each session. If you obtain a passing score of 80% or greater, you will be able to print and download a CEU Certificate, awarding the credits associated with the given session.

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The following options and prices are available to individuals who did not attend the live event in Los Angeles in 2008. To purchase a given offering, click on the title to be taken to the NSGC Online Marketplace.

Once you purchase the activity, you will need to wait up to fifteen minutes for the server to enable access withn your NSGC member record. While you are logged-in to the NSGC website, you will see a listing of all sessions contained in the package you purchased within the left-menu navigation (below your name). Note: you may need to scroll down.