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Pre-Conference Symposia
Pre-Conference Symposia are specialized, in-depth educational sessions held before the start of the NSGC Annual Conference.
A01 - From Biomarkers to Breakthroughs: Advanced Training in Precision Oncology
4 contact hours
Speakers:
1. Kate Reed, MPH, ScM, CGC
2. Kara Bui, MS, CGC
3. Cristin O’Neal, MSN, ANP-C
4. Jill M Kolesar, PharmD, MS
5. Karen Huelsman, MS, CGC
6. Rebecca Johnson Wheeler, MS, CGC
7. Emily K. Dalton, MS, CGC
8. Rebecca Hulinsky, MS, CGC
9. Lindsey Kelley, MS, MPH, CGC
Learning Objectives:
1. Apply a framework for evaluating when additional biomarker testing is needed
2. Evaluate discordance between germline and somatic testing results
3. Identify key considerations and potential challenges in interpreting biomarker testing results
4. Recognize opportunities and challenges of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing in precision oncology
5. Describe diverse genetic counselors’ roles in precision oncology
6. Discuss how hereditary cancer skills transfer to precision oncology workflows
7. Evaluate evidence for targeted treatments and clinical trials in the context of the molecular profile
8. Assess the suitability of targeted treatments and clinical trials in the context of a patient
9. Assess approaches to integrating GCs within precision oncology workflows
10. Discuss precision oncology workflows that increase equity in patient access to targeted treatments and clinical trials
A02 - Think Big, Start Small: A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship
3.33 contact hours
Speakers:
1. Jo Becerra, MS, CGC
2. Kira Dineen, MS, LCGC, CG(ASCP)CM
3. Brittany Mahalick, MS, CGC
4. Smita Rao, MBBS, MS, LCGC
5. Matthew L. Tschirgi, MS, CGC
6. Kate Wilson, MS, CGC
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss why genetic counselors should consider starting their own business
2. Describe ways someone can be an entrepreneur
3. Summarize how to start a business
4. Explain a business vision and plan
5. Examine challenges when starting a business
6. Illustrate a market analysis
7. Review how marketing can strengthen your business idea
8. Construct an elevator pitch to showcase your business value
9. Identify the financial commitments to starting a business
10. Evaluate the varying ways in which a genetic counselor can become an entrepreneur
A03 - Strengthening Your Qualitative Genetic Counseling Research Through Methodological Coherence: Presented in Collaboration with the Journal of Genetic Counseling
1.5 contact hours
Speakers:
1. Tasha Wainstein, PhD, MSc (Med), CCGC
2. Krista Redlinger-Grosse, MS, CGC, PhD, LP
3. Kimberly Zayhowski, MS CGC
Learning Objectives:
1. Define methodological coherence in qualitative genetic counseling research
2. Describe common paradigmatic approaches in qualitative research, including positivism and constructivism
3. Identify ontological, epistemological, axiological, and methodological assumptions of each described paradigm
4. Compare philosophical paradigms, their corresponding assumptions, and how they influence methodological congruence
5. Identify individual philosophical alignments and how they influence lens as researchers, reviewers, and readers of qualitative inquiry
6. Construct positionality statements as a reader, reviewer, and researcher
7. Evaluate the importance of acknowledging positionality in reading and conducting qualitative research in a just and equitable manner
8. Utilize published guidelines like COREQ, BQQRG, and RTARG to report and critique qualitative research
9. Engage in constructive critical appraisal of qualitative research
10. Design qualitative research that is methodologically coherent through participation in a simulated research scenario