FP Report -- July 1999
Special Section
The AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment program has two monographs that deal with genetic subjects. The August 1998 monograph Medical Ethics has a section on genetic screening tests, and the May 1999 monograph is devoted to Clinical Genetics. Members may purchase the Medical Ethics monograph for $25 without subscribing to the HSSA program, since many states now require CME hours in medical ethics. The May 1999 Clinical Genetics monograph is available to HSSA subscribers. For more information, contact the HSSA program at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5298.
The 1999 Scientific Assembly in Orlando, Fla., will feature a lecture on "Family Genetics" on Sept. 16 and a Dialogue session on "Familial Cancer/Genetics" on Sept. 19. Both are free once you've paid the Assembly general registration fee. Register online for the Assembly by accessing www.aafp.org/assembly or call (800) 926-6890.
These recent issues of American Family Physician had articles on genetic topics: Jan. 1 ("Screening for Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer") and Jan. 15 ("Primary Care of Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome"). Access AFP online at www.aafp.org/afp.
"Recommended Core Educational Guidelines in Medical Genetics for Family Practice Residents," endorsed by the AAFP in February, can be accessed at www.aafp.org/edu/guide/rep258.html. They were developed in cooperation with the American College of Medical Genetics, Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics, and other family practice groups.
The Academy is a member of the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, an effort to provide an organized, systematic and national approach to the provision of genetics education for all health care professionals. The coalition is developing a comprehensive, Web-based genetics information center (www.nchpeg.org), that "should provide one-stop shopping for a variety of users, especially family physicians and other primary care providers," said Alan Guttmacher, M.D., senior advisor to the director for clinical affairs at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute. The coalition also is working on a family history tool, to provide a commonly accepted diagramming method for all health professionals.
Other Web sites to try:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim -- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man http://www.nhgri.nih.gov -- NIH National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.hhmi.org/genetictrail -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.cdc.gov/genetics -- CDC http://www.er.doe.gov -- Department of Energy's Human Genome Program http://www.cff.org -- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation http://www.tgac.org -- The Genome Action Coalition http://www.asrm.org -- American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.diabetes.org -- American Diabetes Association http://www.cancer.org -- American Cancer Society http://www.ednf.org -- Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation http://www.aids.org -- AIDS.ORG http://www.aacr.org -- American Association for Cancer Research http://www.thehastingscenter.org/ -- The Hastings Center http://www.nsgc.org -- National Society of Genetic Counselors http://www.gdb.org -- Genome Database, the public repository for human genome mapping information
http://www.nih.gov/od/orda/ -- NIH Office of Recombinant DNA Activities (includes list of all genetic therapy clinical trial protocols approved by NIH, as well as information on genetic testing)
http://www.asgt.org -- American Society of Gene Therapy (includes links to other gene therapy Web sites)
http://www.med.upenn.edu/bioethic/clone3.html -- University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
http://stork.cellb.bcm.tmc.edu/~genetics -- site about genetic counseling in primary care
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