Sestri Levante, Italy, September 22-28, 2001 Directors: C. DeLozier-Blanchet (Geneva), H. Skirton (Cardiff)
Saturday Sep. 22
Morning lectures: Introduction to the course : goals and organization (course directors) Basics of genetic counselling & principles of communication - H. Skirton (Cardiff) Mendelian inheritance - H. Kaariainen (Helsinki) Diagnostic tools I: Cytogenetics and beyond - C. DeLozier-Blanchet (Geneva)
Afternoon: "Ice breaking" sessions - H. Skirton (Cardiff) and P. Chapman (Newcastle) Dice games as an educational tool in risk-based decision making (faculty)
Sunday Sep. 23
Morning lectures: Diagnostic tools II: Molecular analysis - R. Elles (Manchester) Prenatal diagnosis: an overview - J. Hahnemann (Glostrup) Hereditary cancer syndromes: recognizing and counselling families - C. DeLozier-Blanchet (Geneva)
Afternoon workshops: ("Latin Square": each student will rotate through two workshops on Sunday and two on Monday): Pedigree taking and risk analysis - H. Kaariainen (Helsinki) / V. Anastasiadou (Nicosia) Prenatal diagnosis counseling scenarios - J. Hahnemann (Glostrup) / H. Skirton (Cardiff) Interpretation of laboratory results R. Elles (Manchester) / C. DeLozier-Blanchet (Geneva) Familial cancer counselling scenarios - P. Chapman (Newcastle) / G. Wolff (Freiburg)
Monday Sep. 24
Morning lectures: Preparing for predictive, presymptommatic testing : experience from Huntington disease and hereditary colon cancer - P. Chapman (Newcastle) Theoretical and practical aspects of nondirectiveness, directiveness and directness in genetic counselling - G. Wolff (Freiburg) Cross-cultural perspectives in genetic counseling and testing: examples from the hemoglobinopathies - V. Anastasiadou (Nicosia)
Afternoon workshops: Latin square, as on Sunday
Tuesday Sep. 25
Morning lectures: The human genome project: how will it change genetic medicine - L. Luzzatto (Genoa) Practical aspects of consent, confidentiality and disclosure - H. Kaariainen (Helsinki) Pre-pregnancy, prenatal and neonatal genetic screening: who and what? - J. Hahnemann (Glostrup)
Afternoon: Hike in the "Cinque terre"
Wednesday Sep. 26
Morning lectures: Congenital malformations : where to begin? - R. Hennekam (Amsterdam) Genetic evaluation and counselling in mental retardation - R. Hennekam (Amsterdam) Genetics and counselling in reproductive pathologies - G. Bianchi-Movarekhi (Geneva)
Afternoon: Role play workshop - facilitators: H. Skirton (Cardiff), P. Chapman (Newcastle)
Thursday Sep. 27
MORNING WITH DYSMORPHOLOGY COURSE Basic concepts in Developmental Biology and Embryology - G. Cossu (Rome) Basic concepts in Dysmorphology - D. Donnai (Manchester) “Edu-share”: sharing of educational material (brochures, books, videos) by students and faculty
Afternoon workshops: students will be able to choose two workshops from the following subjects (additional / alternative subjects may be suggested by the students)
Practical use of databases in dysmorphology - V. Anastasiadou (Nicosia) / R. Hennekam (Amsterdam) More risk analysis scenarios (to be appointed) Thorny ethical situations - H. Skirton (Cardiff) Genetic counselling in those with learning disorders - P. Chapman (Newcastle) Internet use and misuse in clinical genetics - C. DeLozier-Blanchet (Geneva)
Evening lecture: Behavioral Genetics - D. Donnai (Manchester)
Followed by party with dancing and skits by students and faculty!
Friday Sep. 28 (morning)
Genetic counseling in Europe: status of training programs and the partnership of medical geneticist-genetic counselors - H. Skirton (Cardiff) / D. Donnai (Manchester)
General discussion on the development of the profession of genetic counselling in Europe
Evaluation of the course and suggestions for future development. |