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10th Course in Genetic Counselling in Practice

 

Registration fee: 640 euro + VAT 20% = 768 euro.
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 The fee includes tuition, course material, lunch, coffee break and shuttle bus from Porta San Mamolo (meeting point) to the course venue and back. For info about accommodation, local transportation and other details please contact serena.paterlini@eurogene.org
           


 
 This course offers European and Italian credits for Continuing Medical Education (CME). Credits will be assigned to physicians and biologists through the accreditation procedure carried out by Menarini International Foundation. This course was granted with 26 CME credits.
 
 
10th Course in Genetic Counselling in Practice
EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano
Bologna (Italy), September 18-22, 2010
 
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)
 
Saturday, September 18th 
 
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
 

Afternoon session:

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

 

Sunday, September 19th

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:
- Pedigree taking and risk analysis
- Prenatal diagnosis counselling scenarios
- Interpretation of laboratory results
- Familial cancer counselling scenarios

16:00: Coffee break

16.30: Workshop 2:
- Pedigree taking and risk analysis
- Prenatal diagnosis counselling scenarios
- Interpretation of laboratory results
- Familial cancer counselling scenarios            
 
 
Monday, September  20th
 
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:
- Pedigree taking and risk analysis
- Parental diagnosis counselling scenarios
- Interpretation of laboratory results
- Familial cancer counselling scenarios
15:30: Coffee break
16:00: Workshop 4: 
- Pedigree taking and risk analysis
- Prenatal diagnosis counselling scenarios
- Interpretation of laboratory results
- Familial cancer counselling scenarios
 
 

Tuesday, September 21st

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
 
Free afternoon with optional walk arrenged
Evening Farewell party
 
 
Wednesday, September 22nd
 
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
 

 

 

 

Price: 768.00 € including VAT 20%

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