What is the course about?
This course will help doctors and midwives acquire the knowledge and skills they need to confidently provide prenatal and pre-pregnancy genetic screening in their daily practice.
Designed For
Highly recommended for midwives and doctors providing antenatal and pre-pregnancy care to women and their partners.
What are the learning outcomes?
- Integrate your understanding of DNA and inheritance with your clinical practice in reproductive health.
- Recall the principles of prenatal screening and reproductive carrier screening.
- Identify couples that should be offered a genetic counselling referral.
- Implement professional society recommendations into clinical practice.
- Discuss options for screening in a manner that respects a woman’s preferences and values.
- Differentiate the common prenatal screening tests, including first trimester combined test, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and second trimester serum screening.
- Recognise the place of assisted reproductive technology and pre-implementation genetic testing in improving genetic health for families.
What are the knowledge and skills that can be acquired through this course?
- Understand the basis of genetic inheritance, mechanisms of genetic variation, and the difference between “genetics” and “genomics”
- Apply the clinical and ethical principles underpinning prenatal screening to clinical practice
- Identify couples that require a genetic counselling referral
- Concisely articulate options for prenatal screening
- Provide general information to patients about prenatal diagnostic procedures
- Understand the indications and methods used for pre-implantation genetic testing
- Describe the current options for genetic carrier screening
- Recognise and reflect on the ethical considerations in prenatal genomic testing
- Use disability-positive language when discussing genetic variation and congenital health conditions
How do I complete this course?
Course completion requires approximately 12 hours of eLearning. This course is delivered online and students can study in their own time and location. Course materials can be accessed using a web browser.
How much does this course cost and how do I apply?
Doctors (specialist/GPs): $265 including GST (Early bird discount – only valid for the next 6 weeks). To apply, register at http://ecommerce.ueg.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=436&cID=79
Midwives, trainees, and students: $190 including GST (Early bird discount – only valid for the next 6 weeks). To apply, register at http://ecommerce.ueg.unimelb.edu.au/product.asp?pID=437&cID=79