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Documents & Guidelines
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Recommendations for genetic counselling
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International Guidelines for
Genetic Counselling ( pdf
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- Guidelines: professional education in genetics
- Clinical utility gene cards
- Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe
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Summary of Workshop on Prioritisation and Genetic Testing
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Patient Information
EuroGentest has developed a series of 11 leaflets to provide general information for patients and families about:
- Genetic Inheritance Patterns
- Chromosome Problems
- Genetic Testing
- Information About Your Genetic Appointment.
Upcoming Events
More...Mar 2010 - Approaching accreditation of a PGD centre
ESHRE Campus symposium organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group “Reproductive Genetics” in collaboration with EuroGentestLondon (GB) More...
May 2010 - 10th International Congress Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis 2010
Montpellier (FR) More...Jun 2010 - BASIC WORKSHOP - Validation of diagnostic tests in clinical molecular genetics (WP1.8 - WP1.7)
Meet experienced people in this field, learn about regulatory requirements (ISO 15189) or how to design a proper validation plan for new molecular genetic tests.Göteborg (SE) More...
Jun 2010 - ENGAGE/CSG/P3G Summer Institute: ”Genetics, Ethics and Clinical Translation”
The ENGAGE Consortium in collaboration with CSG and P3G organizes a Summer Institute to discuss the ethical, legal and societal implications related to the translation of epidemiological results from genetic and genomic research to clinical practice.Egmond aan Zee (NL) More...
News
More...How to manage the human side of change?
How do you motivate the lab to implement a new quality system? How do you manage the human side of this process of change? (upd.01 Mar 2010) More...
Instrument for internal assessment of the quality of genetic counselling within a genetic counselling clinic
We invite all genetics clinics in Europe and elsewhere to use this instrument for self assessment of their work. Our recommendation is that the clinic staff does the evaluation together, documents the outcome and repeats the exercise for instance once a year to monitor the progress. Newly-established clinics may find the standards helpful also in estimating the need for resources. (upd.18 Feb 2010)
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Workshops on quality management and accreditation for 2010 are open for registration
Five new workshops are scheduled for 2010. The different topics include internal audit, validation, the human side of change and accreditation in French and English. (upd.07 Jan 2010) More...
Vacancy - Clinical Scientist, Molecular Genetics Laboratory Doha Qatar
There is a vacancy for a Clinical Scientist (clinical molecular genetics) in the Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha Qatar. The post is for a PhD holder or a similarly qualified individual. Duties include introduction of new diagnostic services, interpretation of the test results and training of the staff. (upd.22 Dec 2009) More...
Report on survey: Counselling and information related to genetic testing according to a survey among European clinicians
The aim of the survey presented here was to collect and analyse information on how genetic counselling is performed in reality in different parts of Europe. In particular, we wished to obtain an insight into the extent and quality of pre-test genetic counselling and informing of patients. This will help us in creating tools for the quality assessment of genetic counselling. In the survey, we approached health care professionals at the moment when they received a DNA test result. We asked questions about the information/counselling related to that specific case. In addition, more general questions related to genetic counselling were asked. (upd.22 Dec 2009)
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Legal Uncertainty in the Area of Genetic Diagnostic Testing
This paper by Huys et al., which was published in this month’s Nature Biotechnology and which analyzed the patents for the TOP20 molecular diagnostic tests (a deliverable of EuroGentest UNIT5, WP5.3) has caused a stir in Washington DC. (upd.16 Oct 2009) More...
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