Course in Genetic Counselling in Practice

 

9:00: Course registration

 

Morning session: Plenary lectures

 

9:30:   Course directors: Practical session-Introduction to the course and goal setting

10:30: C. Patch: Setting the scene-aims, process and outcomes of genetic counselling.

11:15: Coffee break

12:00: H. Skirton/F. Forzano and Faculty: Ice-breaking session

13:00: Lunch

 

14.00: M. Soller: Mendelian and non-traditional inheritance

15.00: D. Turchetti: Introduction to cancer genetics

16.00: Coffee break

16:30: F. Forzano: Basic concepts in dysmorphology

18:00: Close of day

Morning session: Plenary lectures

 

9:00:   S. Stenhouse: Diagnostic tools-molecular analysis

10:00: O. Zuffardi: Molecular kayotyping: not just cytogenetics

11:00: General discussion and questions

11:00: P. Ratcliffe: Role of activated hypoxia signaling in genetic cancer syndromes

11:30: Coffee break

12:00: M. Soller: Prenatal diagnosis-general introduction

13.00: Lunch

 

Afternoon session: Workshops

 

14:30 - 18:00

14:30: Workshop 1:

16.30: Workshop 2:

 

 

 

Morning session: Plenary lectures

 

9:00:   F. Forzano: Genetics of mental retardation

10:00: V. Anastasiadou: Cross-cultural perspectives in genetic counselling and testing: examples from the haemoglobinopathies

11:00: Coffee break

11:30: C. Patch: Practical ethics-consent, confidentiality and disclosure

12:30: Lunch

 

Afternoon session: Workshops

 

14:00 - 18:00

14.00: Workshop 3:

15:30: Coffee break

16:00: Workshop 4: 

Morning session: Plenary lectures

 

8:30:   A. Tibben: Genetic screening and testing in children

10:00: Coffee break

10:30: H. Skirton: Psychological issues in antenatal screening and testing

11:00: A. Tibben/U.Hosterey-Ugander: Counselling for predictive testing

12:30: Lunch

 

 

 

 

Morning session: Plenary lectures

 

8:30:   V. Anastasiadou: Medical genetics and public health: Community genetics

9.30:   H. Skirton/U.Hosterey-Ugander: Counselling skills workshop (including coffee break)

11:00: Coffee break

12:30: Lunch

14:00: 4-5 small groups with 2 faculty each group: Discussion of challenging cases brought by students

15:30: All faculty: Evaluation and plenary session

 

DIRECTORS: H. Skirton ( Plymouth, UK), F. Forzano ( Genova, Italy)

 

SPEAKERS: V. Anastasiadou (Nicosia, Cyprus), C. Patch (London, UK), M. Soller ( Lund, Sweden), S. Stenhouse ( Glasgow, UK), A. Tibben (Leiden, The Netherlands), D. Turchetti ( Milan, Italy), O. Zuffardi ( Pavia, Italy), M. Del Campo (Barcelona, Spain), U. Hosterey-Ugander (Gotenburg, Sweden)