Clinical Genetic Education Resources (Courses and Lectures)

Core Curriculum Recommendations for Medical Schools, American Society of Human Genetics (knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to medical genetics needed by medical students during their careers as physicians), Am J Hum Genet 1995 (56):535-537.

Clinical Objectives in Medical Genetics for Undergraduate Medical Students, Association of Professors of Human Genetics, Genetics in Medicine vol. 1(1):54-55, Nov/Dec 1998.   (clinical training and competencies for medical students to apply genetic principles in diagnosis, management, and prevention of human disease)

Core Competencies in Genetics Essential for All Health-Care Professionals, 2001, National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) [Recommendations of core competencies in genetics essential for all health professionals, Core Competency Working Group of the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, Genetics in Medicine Vol 3(2), March/April 2001]

Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Practice Residents:  Medical Genetics, 1999, American Academy of Family Practice

Courses

Baylor College of Medicine, Genetics Department

Clinical Genetics: A Self-Study Guide, table of contents, Univ. So Dakota Medical School, Virtual Hospital Version of Guide

Clinical Genetics: A Self Study for Health Care Providers, VP Johnson and C Christianson, University of South Dakota, May 1998, Virtual Hospital

Chemistry of the Cell and Genetics course, JWolfe, Genetics course, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital

Frontiers in Genetics, audiolectures, George Washington Univ. Medical Center, calendar

Genetics and Your Practice program for primary care providers, Washington State Department of Health, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, medical geneticists and genetic counselors, July 1996, national and local information and referral resources, slide presentation

Genetic Concepts and Genetic Tests, University South Dakota School Medicine

Genetics lectures, JWolfe, Chemistry of the Cell and Genetics, UCL Medical School & Year 2: Genetics, Royal Free Hospital Medical School, United Kingdom

Genetic Testing, Pennsylvania State Health Department, 2001, online training module

Genetics Tutorial, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias

Greenwood Genetics Center, South Carolina, Human Medical Genetics, Graduate Course

Genetic Education Materials, Greenwood Genetic Center

Greenwood Genetics Center, graduate courses in human medical genetics

Genetics, Epidemiology, Ethics &Public Health, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Louisiana State University, Medical Genetics 211, course material, assignments and answers, case studies

Marshall Univ. School Medicine, WV, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Marshall University School of Medicine, course outline/exam questions

Marfan Syndrome Exercise, construct pedigree, PSoderberg, Beloit College,1995

Medical Biochemistry Examination II (1995) - Computer Based Learning Unit, Univ. Leeds

Neonatology on the Web, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

New Genetics: Medicine and the Human Genome, 2001, CD-ROM, genetics and genomics, impact on healthcare and society.  Courseware for physicians, CME credit, Stanford University, STobin, Twisted Ladder

Principles of Genetics, DPSnustad & MJSimmons, Univ. Minnesota and JBJenkins, Swarthmore College, Table of Contents link to GenLink: world wide web genetics resources

Referral for Genetic Services, Pennsylvania State Health Department, 2001, online training module

Telegenetics for DoD primary care providers, health care providers, students, and researchers with patient information, ethics, genetics in the news sections, and slide presentations on Autosomal Dominant and Recessive Inheritance, Genetic Predisposition to Cancer, Congenital Malformation, Genetics for the Internist, Basics of Genetic Assessment and Counseling, Genetics for the Orthopedist

Thomas Jefferson University, Clinical Genetics Course, clinical cases, not currently online

Tulane University, genetic course

University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Molecular Genetics, Human Genetics for M-1 Students

University of Kansas Medical Center, Developmental and Genetic Disease lecture, DL Persons, Pathology,

University of Kansas Medical Center, Biochemistry: Genetics & Molecular Biology Study Guide

University of Michigan Medical School, course information, practice quizzes

University of California, San Diego, syllabus, lecture outline, and links

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Human Genetics Course, course syllabus

University of Michigan, TD Gelehrter's Human Genetics Teaching Materials

University of Rochester brochures, newsletters, fact sheets: hemoglobinopathies, CF, genetic susceptibility to cancer

University of Utah, Medical Genetics

University of Virginia Medical College, Medical and Molecular Genetics

University of Utah, WebPath, Prenatal Diagnosis Tutorial

University of Washington, Seattle, course outlines/syllabus/problem sets/old exams

University of Washington, Medical Genetics Course, 2nd Year Medical Students, HuBio 554

University of Texas Health Science Center, Medical Genetics Course, medical school, Houston, TX

Vanderbilt University Medical School, links to teaching resources

Vanderbilt Clinical Research Center, Introduction to Gene Therapy Course

Virtual Hospital, Clinical Genetics: A Self Study for Health Care Providers

Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, Michigan, MBG 7010: Introduction to Molecular Biology and Genetics (2002), IBS 7030: Biomedical Functional Genomics (2002), MBG 7600: Advanced Human Genetics (2002), MBG 8680: Computer Applications in Molecular Genetics (2002)

Yale University School of Medicine, first year medical school course

Online / Distance Education courses

• Genes, Genomes, and Human Genetics, on-line course, Department of Genetics, Rutgers University and the Waksman Institute, introductory college course (register and view free) New link 2004
• Genetics and Your Practice, Washington State Department of Health, March of Dimes, Swedish Hospital and Medical Center (Seattle), an online distance education course offered by Idaho State University
• Genetics in Human Affairs (GN 301), North Carolina State University
• Genetics, Ethics and The Law (GMS BT 442 OL), Metropolitan College and the Boston University
• Genetics & Your Practice, register to receive continuing education credit, March of Dimes
• GeneEd E-Learning, Genomics, Human Gene Therapy, SNPs: Identification and Uses, modules available to preview and to purchase New link 2004

Cancer sites

• Case Studies, Nurse Practitioners & Medical Professionals, Northwestern Medical Center, Chicago, IL - Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer, Melanoma, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Retinoblastoma, Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT), Breast Cancer, Familial Colon Cancer, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
• Evaluating the Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer, The Nurse Practitioner August 1998
• Genetics of Cancer, intouchlive.com
• Hereditary Susceptibility to Breast and Ovarian Cancer:  Fundamental Knowledge Needed by All Health Care Professionals, National Action Plan on Breast Cancer (NAPBC)
• Oncogenes, Tumor supressor genes, Cancer Medicine
• Overview Breast Cancer: BRCA1/2, Genetests

Cytogenetic sites

Embryology Sites

• Embryo Images, Normal and Abnormal Mammalian Development Tutorial, KK Sulik and PR Bream, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Embryology, Basic, Univ. Pennsylvania Health System
• Developmental Mechanisms Problem Set, The Biology Project, University of Arizona
• Education Section, Society for Developmental Biology
• Visible Embryo for medical students, physicians, and families, Univ California, San Francisco
• Virtual Embryo, University of Calgary
• Virtual Library of Developmental Biology, Swarthmore

Metabolism sites

Animated Metabolic Pathways (Sodium - Potassium ATPase, Sliding Filament Model of Muscle Contraction, Electrical Conduction in the Heart, Blood flow through the Heart, Norepinephrine's Effect on Heart Rate, Epinephrine's Effects on alpha and beta Receptors, Isoproterenol's Effect on Cardiac Output), Wayne State University School of Medicine

Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways, charts, EMP project, formerly Argonne National Laboratories

Inborn Errors of Metabolism of Acute Onset in Infancy: An Approach To Diagnosis and Management, 1995, WR Wilcox, Medical Genetics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Lysosomal Storage diseases, by K Moremen, University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center & D Malm, University of Tromso, Norway, also reference chart

Metabolic Disorders resources, support groups

Online tests and self-assessment exams

Genetics Instruction and Assessment Programs, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin

Genetics exam - Thomas Jefferson University - available only to enrolled students

Human Genetics Problem Sets, the Biology Project, University of Arizona

Inheritance patters, Chromosomes and genes, DNA, Human Genetics - select chapter for self-assessment exam from Times Mirror Higher Education

Medical and Molecular Genetics, Pediatrics 801, Final Practice Examination, Arizona Health Science Center

Medical Genetics, Exams, photos, and movies; Jorde, Carey, Bamshad, White, Univ Utah

Medical Genetics Question Bank 1998, University of Texas Medical School, Houston

Practice Human Genetics Exams - from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, available at various times during courses

Quiz on genetic linkage and physical mapping, Brunel University, West London

Recombinant DNA Technology Problem Set, the Biology Project, University of Arizona

Study Guides, Texas A&M University, Genetics 301, C McGill

What's Your Diagnosis, OB/GYN, ACOG, University Hospital, OBGYN Today

Professional Courses, Workshops, Meetings

• Courses and Workshops, Hum-molgen
• Clinical Endocrinology in the age of Genomics, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Annual Meeing, May 2002, Chicago, IL, USA
• Meetings and Conferences, Hum-molgen

Undergraduate / college genetics courses

Materials developed for teachers and lay public, or by students

Animation Library (PCR, Southern blot, sequencing, polymorphisms), Cold Spring Harbor Lab DNA Learning Center

Blazing a Genetic Trail - online book, Howard Hughes Medical Institutes. Information on Basic Genetics, the Human Genome Project, Glossary, and more

Design Pedigree for Color Blindness, imaginary family

Exploratorium exhibit on genetics, ethics cases Huntington disease scenario and Cystic fibrosis scenario

Genetics Education Center, University of Kansas Medical Center

Genetics: Basis for medicine in the 21st century (.pdf file), European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) 1998

Genetic Lesson Plan Ideas, Genetics Education Center, Univ. Kansas Medical Center

Genetic Education Materials, Greenwood Genetic Center

Genetic Booklets and Brochures Online

Human Population Genotypes Simulator, (requires java), alleles, population numbers, generations, survival rates, view results as graph or allele frequency histogram

Human Genome Project Internet Exercise, research genetic disorders online, rate value of
accumulated web sites, ratings are based on assuming the role of a person affected by a genetic disorders

International Data Report, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. Genetic diseases located by chromosome location or alphabetical listing of genes. Updated weekly

Introduction to Genetics, two games (matching, flash card, jeopardy style) with feedback for students/may be used as introduction, practice, or as a quiz

Karyotype Activity, human chromosome digital images, students arrange chromosomes into karyotypes, interpret findings

NSW Genetics Education Program, research, information and education program, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Pediatric genetic cases for discussion, Utah Museum of Natural History - other genetic cases and activities

Pedigree Intro and Practice, phenotypes and pedigree symbols, sample pedigree, pedigree problem solving, tutorial

A Question of Genes, PBS program on genetic testing, teacher guide available, 9/16/97

Understanding Gene Testing, details behind the technical procedures involved in gene testing

X-linked inheritance, James Madison University,JLButts

Other

Publications / lectures

• Diseases with Clinically Available Testing, Helix, Temporary site
• Gene Analysis: DNA, Cancer Medicine, Oncogenes, Tumor supressor genes
• Gene information:  HUGO/GDB Human Gene Nomenclature Committee, (Human Genome Organization / Genome Database), international scientists, Human Genome Project
• Gene/Locus/Product References, Genetests.org, geneclinics.org (Temporary site)
• Genetics Education Materials from other Genetics Education Initiatives
• Human Telomere Atlas and Human Imprinting Map, Department Human Genetics, University of Chicago
• Introduction to Genetic Analysis, Genetics and Education, Online Book, National Center Information Biology, H. Freeman & Company, 2000, common principles: inheritance, patterns of inheritance (ch 1–4), recombination,mapping genes (ch 5–7); molecular genetics (ch 8–14); genetic change and variation (ch 15–20); developmental genetics (ch 21–23); camcer as a genetic disease, (ch 22), population genetics (ch 24–26)
• Locus information:Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Our Genes, Our Selves, ABerkowitz, Biology, California Institute of Technology, Jan 1996
• Protein product information:  SWISS-PROT, protein sequence database, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva; European Bioinformatics Institute; and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• Studying for the Boards, Helix, Temporary site
• Users Guide to Genetics: The Medicine of the Future, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, and the Smithsonian. Tues evenings, Fall 1998 with entire audio of lecture, slides, and links related to program and speaker
• Genetics Lectures, Chemistry of the Cell & Genetics / Year 2 Genetics, UCL, Royal Free Hospital Medical School 2000 / 2001 (replaced by new curriculum)

Cases Studies

• Can A Genetic Disease Be Cured? A Mother's Dilemma, MSHudecki, State University of New York at Buffalo (muscular dystrophy)
• Death of Baby Pierre - A Genetic Mystery, CFHerreid, State University of New York at Buffalo (tyrosinemia)
• Genetics Case Studies for Medical Students, Uniformed Services University, Genetic Case Studies, USUHS Medical Biochemistry Exams
• Marfan Syndrome Case, 7.01 Genetics Meets "The Real World", PSoderberg, Beloit College, 1995

Graphics and Images

• HONmedia, Health On the Net Foundation, genetic images indexed by MeSH medical classification system, contact owner of material to obtain appropriate permission to use pictures and animations
• Slate magazine, genomic editorial cartoons
• Slide List, Biology 201, University of Hamburg

Education Resources

References

• Burke and Emory. Genetics education for primary-care providers. Nature Reviews Genetics 2002 Jul; 3(7): 561-6
• Metcalfe et al. Needs assessment study of genetics education for general practitioners in Australia. Genet Med 2002 mar-Apr;4(2):71-7

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