Newborn Screening

To care for your youngest patients, and for their parents, it's important for you to be knowledgeable about newborn screening. This program discusses the family physician’s role in educating, guiding and supporting patients throughout the newborn screening process, and lists resources to help you fulfill this role. It explores some of the complexities and limitations of newborn screening strategies. This program also considers how technology and public policy may impact the future of newborn screening.

Learning Objectives:

Summarize the current state of newborn screening in the United States
Describe the complexity and limitations of traditional newborn screening strategies
Realize a role for the primary care health professional in newborn screening
List key issues that parents want to know about newborn screening from their health professional
Locate newborn screening web resources available for use in clinical practice

CME Statement -- AAFP members can receive up to 1 CME credit for this program.

Faculty Disclosures -- Disclosure statements for all faculty appearing in this program.

Play the CME Program -- Listen to the audio program using RealPlayer and download the Adobe Reader PDF version at the "Download Printable Presentation" link, below.
(37:02-minute RealPlayer file; About RealPlayer)

Download Printable Presentation -- (PDF file: 49 Pages/301 KB. More information on using PDF files.)
(59-page PDF file; About PDFs)

Newborn Screening Post-test (members)

Newborn Screening Post-test (nonmembers)
(2-page PDF file; About PDFs)

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