Genetic Testing and Counseling in Metabolic Liver Disease: An Interactive Lecture for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical students have limited opportunities to learn about current genetic testing. This session provided exposure to different types of testing and the complex issues that physicians may encounter when counseling patients on proper testing and interpreting results.

Methods

We designed a 1-hour interactive lecture for second-year medical students. We presented an overview of the topic, then applied the concepts to specific disorders and cases. Students were asked to answer questions regarding cases using an audience response system, and we used their responses as the basis for our in-class discussion. This session has been held twice, with 25 students attending in 2018 and 31 students in 2019. The session was also recorded so that additional students not in atte

SUBMITTER: McPheron MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature