Learning outcomes - specific

Basic principles in genetics

• Basic principles of genetics
• How genetic changes cause disease
• Genetics and clinical practice
• Genetics and society

Cancer genetics

• Cancer genetics

Family history and genetic counselling

• Family history taking
• What is genetic counselling and who does it?
• Psychsocial impact
• Genetic counselling skills

Paediatrics and genetics

• Dysmorphology
• Birth defects
• Inborn errors of metabolism
• Learning difficulties

Antenatal screening and the newborn

• Prenatal diagnosis
• Care of the woman with a genetic condition
• Newborn screening in Scotland
• Screening and testing issues for ethnic minority
• Pre-conception
• Screening choices in pregnancy