genetic counseling

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we’ll learn about genetic counseling and ethics in molecualr diagnostics

• end of the course
• we’d have to understan the basis of molecular genetic testing
• basis of cytogenetics
• basis of testing microbiology and pathogenesis

this speciality of BMS of labs

• very wellconnected to medical speciality in medical genetics
• we in the lab we’ll receive alot of samples from doctors and healthcare providers and other mainlabs
• testing human samples for pathogens
  • or testing DNA
    • it is not straightforward, there are important ehtics and guidelines to follow
    • as a BMS, we have to know these basic ethics
    • and before going to these and genetic counseling, we have to go what are the healthcare providers that we’ll interact with

def of clinical genetics

• we’ll have physcians, nurses, genetic counselers, and those will be uhhh interacting with patients and then they will send samples to us