Clinical Genetics Clinic:
-Goals and Objectives:
To learn skills related to the evaluation of patients with inherited
metabolic and endocrine diseases. Methods of diagnosis and genetic
counseling are emphasized.
-Teaching Methodology:
This is an elective offered to residents desirous of learning more about
the mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic disease and the evaluation,
management and counseling of patients with such disease. The patient-based
mentored assessment of historical finding, examination and therapeutic
plan is implemented. Residents interested ask the program director to make
arrangements with the faculty of the genetics department for the resident
to attend the clinic.
-Method of Evaluation:
All subspecialty residents are evaluated at the end of this rotation by
the attending faculty should they choose to do this elective.