Genetics and Genomic Medicine (Clinical Elective)

2 units

From diagnosis to management, and from rare diseases to the most common conditions, medical genetics is changing how we practice and increasingly guiding our day-to-day healthcare decisions. We now have the ability to treat and even cure some genetic disorders with gene therapy or targeted medication. We can diagnose extremely rare disorders using exome and genome sequencing, and even describe new, previously unrecognized disorders -ending our patients' diagnostic odyssey and changing their lives for the better. Regardless of your future specialty, you will be increasingly exposed to genetic testing requests and results. Our goal in the Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine is to provide you with an opportunity to increase your knowledge base and skills in human genetics and directly apply it to the care of your patients. Students will actively participate in the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of adult and pediatric patients in the ambulatory and inpatient setting. They will be expected to participate in weekly case conference. Students will have an opportunity to visit clinical laboratories if desired.