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Core Competencies in Genetics Essential for All Health Care Professionals


As of January 2008, the core competencies have been available to the health-care community for seven years and have helped guide the development of genetics curricula across many healthcare disciplines. A revised edition of the competencies, based on feedback from users, is now available.
 

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Core Principles of Genetics for Health Professionals


The principles focus on basic biology related to genetics. This document is a companion piece to the Core Competencies that provides additional guidance about the content that should constitute basic instruction in genetics for those in health care.
 

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Established in 1996 by the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, and the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) is an "organization of organizations" committed to a national effort to promote health professional education and access to information about advances in human genetics...


 

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Race, Genetics, and Healthcare

Watch the NCHPEG CME Broadcast "Race, Genetics, and Health Care: What we know and what it means for your patients". NEW supplementary content, "Some Frequently Asked Questions - and Answers – about Race, Genetics, and Healthcare", is now available.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Race, Genetics, and Healthcare
Genetics & Bipolar Disorder
   NCHPEG and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have released an interactive online video CME program on bipolar disorder as part of the AAFP’s 2005 Annual Clinical Focus on Genomics. This CME program clarifies the role of genes and environment in psychiatric disorders and emphasizes the use of family history information to inform risk assessment. View the program at
http://www.aafp.org/x36463.xml
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