GENETIC MEDICINE & THE PRACTICING PHYSICIANS CONFERENCE

描述：本次会议将提供执业医师与 他们需要整合遗传学最新发展的信息 直接用于病人护理。 项目规划委员会是 由主要的初级保健提供者专业协会AAFP组成， AAP，ACOG，ASIM，以及AMA的道德研究所， 美国病理学家，美国遗传学学院，美国 人类遗传学学会、国家癌症研究所和国家 人类基因组研究所。 内容材料将包括遗传 医学教育，临床应用，遗传咨询 培训和遗传医学的生物伦理学。 所有会议将 以案例为基础，提供相关性和背景。 涵盖的其他领域将 包括在不同环境中提供和获得遗传服务： 管理式护理、服务不足和城市/农村。 另一个会议将重点 来自联邦，州， 健康保险公司和行业前景。

DESCRIPTION: This conference will provide practicing physicians with the information they need to integrate the latest developments in genetic medicine into direct patient care. The program planning committee is comprised of the major primary care provider professions associations AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ASIM, as well as the AMA's Ethics Institute, the College of American Pathologists, the American College of Genetics, the American Society of Human Genetics, the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute. Content material will include genetic medicine education, application in the clinical setting, genetic counseling training and the bioethics of genetic medicine. All sessions will be case-based to provide relevancy and context. Additional areas covered will include availability and access of genetic services in different settings: managed care, the under-served and urban/rural. Another session will focus on the legislative impact of genetic medicine from the federal, state, health insurer and industry perspectives.