MEDICAL GENETICS ACADEMIC HALF DAY
March 3, 2017
MUHC Glen Site
Room B 02.9390
9:00 - 10:00 Research Presentation
[This session will be broadcast to Jewish General Hospital, room H-363]
Aimee Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, McGill University
Graduate Program Director, Department of Human Genetics
Investigator, RI-MUHC
New roles for claudins in embryogenesis: From animal models to the identification of
CLDN variants in patients with congenital anomalies
10:00 – 10:30 Journal Club
Pamela Adjei, BSc
First year genetic counselling student
Shugar AL et al. J Genet Counsel 2017; 26:93-104.
Risk for Patient Harm in Canadian Genetic Counseling Practice: It’s Time to Consider
Regulation
[Please see attached article.]
10:30 – 12:00 Resident Teaching
Training Residents in Genomics
A series of 4 0nline educational modules prepared by the Pathology Residency Directors
Section (PRODS) of the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC). To be completed
individually or as a group during protected time.
See http://www.pathologylearning.org/trig/resources - registration is required but it’s
free.
[Dr. Russell estimates the total time required to be about 3 hours; we hope the group
can get through about half on this day, and half next week. We can adjust the schedule
to include more time if necessary. Conference rooms can be reserved if desired.
The Medical Genetics Academic Half Day is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined
by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
Bernadette Maksoud
Administrative Officer | Dept. of Medical Genetics | McGill University Health Centre
(MUHC)
Montreal General Hospital | 1650, Cedar Av., room L10 146.1 | Montreal, QC H3G 1A4
Tel.: 514-412-4352 | Fax: 514-934-8430
[email protected]