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415.710.92
Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine: from Diagnosis to Treatment I

Location
NIH - Bethesda, MD
Term
1st Term
Department
Health, Behavior and Society
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Wednesday, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Next Offered
2024 - 2025
Prerequisite

415.613.92

Description
Examines advances in the diagnosis of genetic disorders and treatments that result from genomic medicine. Focuses on examples from multiple malformation syndromes, autoinflammatory diseases, deletion/duplication syndromes, and Ras-opathies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Contrast features among groups of disorders that lead to diagnosis.
  2. Identify a variety of successful treatments using chemical genomics.
  3. Assess the potential role of genomic sequencing in improvements in both diagnosis and treatment.
  4. Utilize medical history-taking skills toward diagnosis of genetic conditions.