Pediatrics * Elective Course Description

Course Name:Pediatric Genetics
Course Number:PE-446
Elective Type:B1
Coordinator(s):

Tiffany Nemetz  tiffany.Nemetz@umassmed.edu   508-856-7595 
Gretchen Jones  gretchen.jones@umassmed.edu 508-856-3590 

Department:Pediatrics
Sites Available:UMMHC-University Campus
Months Offered:July-May
Number of Students / Month:
Prerequisites:Completion of Pediatrics clerkship 
Elective Description: The student will attend outpatient clinic at the University or Memorial Campus seeing pediatric and adult patients 4 days per week. Student will attend outpatient clinic at the Memorial Campus seeing prenatal patients one morning per week and hereditary breast cancer patients once every other week.  The student participates in inpatient consults, conferences, lectures. Student will also learn principles of dysmorphology, recognition of chromosomal disorders, diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders and inherited diseases.  Student will also learn principles and ethics of genetic counseling and genetic testing.   
Note: NA
Location: UMMHC-University Campus
Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/pediatrics/