Genetics Education Canada: Knowledge Organization (GECKO) is Canada’s first primary care-focused genomics knowledge centre. Established in 2011, it is powered by Ottawa’s Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario with in-kind support from Sinai Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. GECKO is a not-for-profit program. Understanding of the contribution of genomics to health and disease is growing exponentially. These scientific and technological advances have changed the needs of clinicians, patients and the public. The growing number of genomic tests, evolving testing and referral criteria, and complex results place increased demands on non-genomics clinicians to access and provide up-to-date and relevant information in their daily practice. Our resources are developed to meet that need. In addition to specialty consultation, we involve the learner in development of resources, from conception (topic selection) to production (resource type and content that are applicable in the current clinical setting), to evaluation. Our mission is to increase genomics literacy in healthcare providers to optimize the health and well-being of Canadians. Our vision is that Canadian healthcare providers have a basic level of genomics literacy, know where to access a trusted source of current, practice-relevant, evidence-based information on genomics, and have incorporated genomics into practice as appropriate.
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Learn about: 🔹 Key points before ordering genetic testing 🔹 Pre-test counseling (consent, outcomes) 🔹 Selecting the right panel #PrimaryCare providers join Dr. Tugce Balci, Clinical Geneticist at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) for our #GeneticEpilepsy series, Oct 28 | 12-1pm REGISTER ➡ https://lnkd.in/gyUdhPun #Genetics, #seizures, #epilepsy, #CMEcredits
Updated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy resources available! Read more about diagnosis, management and screening, who should be offered genetic testing and the benefits of genetic testing. www.geneticseducation.ca > Cardiogenomics #hypertrophiccardiomyopathy #genetics #genomics #education #pointofcare #familymedicine #primarycare
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Brush up on the basics of familial hypercholesterolemia and share these resources with peers and colleagues. Tools and resources on diagnosis, management and genetic testing. www.geneticseducation.ca > Cardiogenomics ❤️
Brush up on the basics of familial hypercholesterolemia and share these resources with peers and colleagues. Tools and resources on diagnosis, management and genetic testing. www.geneticseducation.ca > Cardiogenomics ❤️
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Our popular #EpilepsyGenetics 5-session series returns Oct. 21st 🚀 95% of attendees said they would recommend it, the majority felt it helped them improve the quality & safety of patient care for epilepsy in their practice. Register Now⤵ https://lnkd.in/g3nwYt9R
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*Updated, evidence-based resources are posted on the GECKO site.* Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) including autism, global developmental delay and intellectual disability and how genomics can identify an underlying etiology in some cases. Take a deep dive into NDDs and genomics or checkout our tool (one for clinicians in every province) that can be used at the point of care to facilitate genetic testing. Unsure about the benefits and limitations of genetic testing for these indications? We've got that too! www.geneticseducation.ca > Neurogenomics > Neurodevelopmental disorders
*Updated, evidence-based resources are posted on the GECKO site.* Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) including autism, global developmental delay and intellectual disability and how genomics can identify an underlying etiology in some cases. Take a deep dive into NDDs and genomics or checkout our tool (one for clinicians in every province) that can be used at the point of care to facilitate genetic testing. Unsure about the benefits and limitations of genetic testing for these indications? We've got that too! www.geneticseducation.ca > Neurogenomics > Neurodevelopmental disorders
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Throughout history, social scientists and anthropologists have used terms like race, ethnicity and genetic ancestry to describe populations from different regions around the world. These descriptors have a long history of being used in ways that reinforce health inequities and scientific racism. NASEM recently released a report with the best practices for using population descriptors such as race, ethnicity and genetic ancestry in genetics and genomics research. An upcoming two-day virtual workshop from NIH will evaluate the recommendations from this report as they relate to genomic legacy data, including the variety of population descriptors currently used in genomics research and the potential benefits and challenges of changing these descriptors. Register for the May 28 and 29 workshop here: https://lnkd.in/eRDrRza4
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As part of #DNADay24, we celebrate Rosalind Franklin for her work and influence in science. Thanks to Franklin, we have the historic Photo 51, which revealed that DNA has a double helix shape! This DNA Day, NHGRI is celebrating 71 years since the discovery of the double helix, and 21 years since the Human Genome Project was completed! Find places near you that are hosting events for #DNADay24: https://lnkd.in/eu_pMbiA