Mainstreaming Genetic Testing For Cancer Treatment

Learn how to reduce barriers to genetic testing with Universiti Malaya

The rapid change in the practice of genetic testing requires new physician skill sets. With these skills, physicians can use mainstream genetic testing as an important tool to inform healthcare decisions and help improve the quality of care for cancer patients.

On this six-week course from Universiti Malaya, you’ll be supported to successfully implement genetic testing into your practice.

You’ll gain practical skills in mainstreaming genetic testing for targeted cancer patients. You’ll also develop an awareness of the barriers and the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding genetic counselling and testing.

Explore BRCA testing

You’ll start by exploring BRCA testing terminology to help you understand the differences in various testing methods.

Next, you’ll unpack the importance of BRCA testing in cancer care patients as you learn how to interpret technical BRCA lab results and deliver post-test counselling.

Gain an understanding of basic genetics and shared decision-making

To help you develop a strong foundation of knowledge, you’ll learn the basics of genetics. Within this, you’ll explore family history and the ethical, legal, and social issues in counselling.

You’ll then explore the importance of shared decision-making in genetic testing and how to best facilitate this with patients.

Learn how to implement genetic counselling in your practice

Using real-life case studies, you’ll gain the practical skills to put what you have learned into action in your context.

By the end of the course, you’ll know how to use mainstreaming genetic testing and counselling to improve your cancer care.

This course is designed for general physicians, breast surgeons, clinical oncologists, family medicine specialists, and surgical, oncology, and FMS trainees.

• Introduction to the course
• Getting started
• Back to basics
• Why do we need to do mainstreaming of genetic testing?
• Weekly wrap up
• Mainstreaming BRCA testing
• BRCA testing pathways
• Mainstreaming genetic testing
• Pre-test counselling and the consent process
• Ordering the genetic test
• Results disclosure and post-test counselling
• Communication skills in mainstreaming genetic testing
• Medical records documentation
• Creating a supporting environment for mainstreaming
• Weekly wrap up
• Basic genetics, family history and ethical, legal & social issues in counselling
• Basic genetics
• The basics in taking a family history
• Impact of genetic testing to the individual and the family
• Shared decision making in genetic testing
• Weekly wrap up
• Risk management and shared decision making in mainstreaming genetic testing
• Cancer risk management
• Shared decision making
• Weekly wrap up
• Case scenarios
• BRCA testing criteria
• Treatment with PARP inhibitors
• Risk management
• Weekly wrap up
• Implementing a service
• A guided action plan
• Creating a supporting environment to implement mainstreaming in your practice
• Weekly wrap up
• Course wrap up