GENETICS MADE EASY!

 

 There are Seven Modules in this Masterclass!

 

You’ll learn, 

Module: 1 – Genetics Basics

Get the relevant knowledge of genetics

Module: 2 – Inheritance Patterns

Inheritance patterns of genetic disorders

Module: 3 – Chromosomal Disorders

Chromosomal disorders such as Down’s syndrome

Module: 4 – Polygenic Disease

Polygenic disease such as familial hypercholesterolaemia

Module: 5 – Familial Cancer Syndromes

Learn about the familial cancer syndromes and associated tests

Module: 6 – Ethics of Genetic Testing

Learn about the ethics involved in genetic testing

Module: 7 – Common Genetic Conditions in Primary Care

Learn about the common genetic conditions encountered in primary care.

 

 

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Module: 1 – Genetics Basics

 Get the relevant knowledge of genetics

 

 

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Module: 2 – Inheritance Patterns

Ex: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, sex-linked inheritance

 

 

 

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Module: 3 – Chromosomal Disorders

Such as Down’s syndrome, trisomy 18, Turner’s syndrome, Klinefelter’s syndrome

 

 

 

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Module: 4 – Polygenic Disease

Such as familial hypercholesterolaemia

 

 

 

 

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Module: 5 – Familial Cancer Syndromes

Knowledge of risk of inheritance through generations, genograms.

Associated tests e.g. BRAC analysis

 

 

 

 

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Module: 6 – Ethics of Genetic Testing

 Administration, Legal and Ethical

 

 

 

 

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Module: 7 – Common Genetic Conditions in Primary Care

Ex: cystic fibrosis, haemoglobinopathies, haemophilia and related clotting disorders, muscular dystrophies, Huntington’s, FragileX