NSGC 2010 Online Course: The Common Disease in the Family History
NSGC is pleased to announce the 2010 Online Course: The Common Disease in the Family History. Click on the links below to learn more about this year's online offerings:
Course Objectives
After participating in The Common Disease in the Family History online sessions, attendees will be able to:
- Identify patterns of common diseases (such as diabetes, autism, hearing loss, and cancer) in the family history.
- Interpret family history information to determine the familial risk and recurrence estimates for their patients.
- Determine appropriate testing and/or referrals for patients with a family history of common disorders.
- Describe clinical and research treatment options for common diseases.
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Course Format
The course consists of 10 pre-recorded presentations written by leaders in the genetics community. The presentations include the presenter's lecture, fully synchronized to their slide presentation. All presentations will be posted online via the NSGC web site for access and review. Participants can to listen to presentations on their own schedule, any time of day by accessing the NSGC web site. The format also allows for increased information retention - since each of us learn at our own time and pace, the amount of information retained from the presentation is often greater with a self-directed process.
Participants interested in earning CEUs for participation in The Common Disease in the Family History will be required to complete and pass an online quiz for each presentation with a score of 80% or greater.
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Course Session Titles, Presenters and Learning Objectives
Session Title: Common Birth Defects Seen in a Family History
Presented By: Dr. Ossie Geifman-Holtzman
Learning Objectives:
- To identify common birth defects that can have a recurrence within families.
- To summarize what is suggestive in a family history that would increase the risks for these birth defects.
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To review available screening and diagnostic options for these birth defects.
Session Title: Ethnicity-based and Pan-Ethnic Carrier Screening
Presented By: Sallie McAdoo
Learning Objectives:
- To identify high risk ethnicities and the conditions for which they are at risk for being carriers of as well as common conditions for pan-ethnic screening.
- To have an understanding of the testing options available to assess for these conditions.
- To be able to accurately perform risk assessment based on these histories and any available test results.
Session Title: Genetics of Diabetes - What We Know and What Can We Do
Presented By: Toni Pollin, MS, PhD, CGC
Learning Objectives:
- To be familiar with the classification and etiological heterogeneity of diabetes mellitus.
- To be aware of the current state of the science with regard to genetic factors in the development of diabetes.
- To be aware of the existence and prevalence of single gene forms of diabetes, available genetic testing, and how genetic testing might alter patient care and familial risk assessment.
- To have a basic understanding of what information elicited during a genetic family history can help to distinguish among forms of diabetes and therefore enable efficacious genetic counseling.
Session Title: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Presented By: Katie Voss
Learning Objectives:
- Identify red flags for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and associated conditions in a family history, and assess familial and recurrence risks for ASD.
- Understand the genetic testing options available to families.
- Review recent research on ASD, treatment options and outcomes in children and adults.
Session Title: Genetics of Ocular Disease
Presented By: Tanya Bardakjian, MS, CGC
Learning Objectives:
- To identify eye diseases which indicate a red flag for genetic disease.
- To gain knowledge about ocular disorders with genetic components.
- To be able to provide appropriate testing, referral and research options.
Session Title: Psychiatric Illness in the Family History
Presented By: Jehannine Austin
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to provide families with accurate yet understandable information about the etiology of psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression and address psychosocial issues that arise from this discussion.
- Attendees will be able to generate individualized risk assessments for psychiatric illness based on empiric data and information from personal and family history.
- Attendees will be able to discuss interventions to reduce risk for the development of or manage existing psychiatric illness.
Session Title: Keys to Identifying Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Presented By: Leigha Senter Jamieson
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify the family history characteristics suggestive of hereditary cancer syndromes.
- Participants will be able to utilize appropriate models for cancer family history risk assessment.
- Participants will be able to determine testing strategies for families concerned about hereditary cancer risk.
Session Title: Cardiac Genetic for the Non-Expert
Presented By: Amy Curry-Sturm
Learning Objectives:
- Describe basic cardiac anatomy and function in addition to the various types of cardiovascular disease that may be encountered while taking a pedigree.
- Identify the medical and family history characteristics suggestive of hereditary cardiovascular conditions.
- Outline the methods used to obtain a family history of cardiovascular disease frequently found in general genetic counseling sessions and determine whether further evaluation, including genetic testing, is warranted.
Session Title: The Genetics of Hearing Loss
Presented By: Dinah Clark, MS, CGC
Learning Objectives:
- Overview of the physiology of the ear and genetics of hearing impairment.
- Diagnoses and etiologies of syndromic and nonsyndromic hearing impairment.
- Pertinent questions to ask when taking a family history and hearing impairment is identified in a family member.
Session Title: The Genetics of a Stroke
Presented By: Heather Workman
Learning Objectives:
- Identify etiology and types of stroke.
- Identify common genetic syndromes associated with stroke.
- Identify risk factors within a pedigree.
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Registration Information and Fees
Registration is now available! To purchase the course please go to the NSGC Marketplace. The registration fee includes access to all 10 online presentations as well as any necessary CEU fees. Partial access will not be granted.
Registration fees are as follows:
- NSGC Member: $150
- NSGC Student Member: $75
- Non-Member: $200
- Student Non-Member: $100
- Course directors: $250 (covers access for 15 students; no CEU certificates provided)
NSGC will only accept credit cards via the Marketplace at http://www.nsgc.org/resources/orders_landing.cfm. The student rate is not valid online so if you are a student ONLY please fill download the Student Order Form and return to NSGC. If you have any questions concerning registration, please contact nsgc@nsgc.org.
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Accessing the Course
Once you purchase the activity, you will need to wait up to fifteen minutes for the server to enable access within your NSGC member record. While you are logged-in to the NSGC website, you should see the option for "Active Online Courses" (listed in yellow, beneath your name) within the left-menu navigation. Click on the option for "Active Online Courses" to be taken to NSGC's Online Workspace (please note that a separate window will open, so your pop-up blocker should be disabled).
From NSGC's Online Workspace, you will see the course in the left-menu navigation. Click on any one of the ten module titles to participate in the individual session.
Course participants who choose to earn CEUs will have 2 years to complete and pass the quizzes to earn CEUs. New this year, participants can print their CEU certificate online immediately after completing the quiz and won't need to wait for NSGC to issue CEUs!
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CEUs
NSGC is authorized by IACET to offer up to 0.88 CEUs or 8.8 contact hours for this program. CEUs earned through this program will be accepted by ABGC as Category 1 CEUs for purposes of certification and recertification. (This information will be coming soon!)
Attendees interested in earning CEUs for participation in The Common Disease in Family History online sessions will be required to complete and pass an online quiz for each session with at least an 80%.
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Planning Workgroup
Jennifer M. Hoskovec, Education Committee Chair
Julianne O'Daniel, Education Committee Vice Chair
Joy Larsen Haidle, Board Liaison
Amanda M. Carre
Stephanie Hill
Erica Ramos
Kate Shane
Sharon Aufox
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