Breakout Sessions

Clinical Biochemical Breakout
Oana Caluseriu, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Murray Potter, Laboratory Medicine, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton ON

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
1. Recognize rare clinical disorders of difficult diagnosis
2. Evaluate the utility of new diagnostic techniques in the assessment of patients with rare disorders including whole exome and whole genome sequencing.
3. Review the value of a complete phenotypic assessment and integration of genotype and phenotype data.
4. Review strategies for follow-up of abnormal biochemical investigations.
Molecular/Cyto Breakout
Hanxin Lin, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, London Health Sciences Center, London ON
Dennis Bulman, CHEO Research Institute & Newborn Screening Ontario, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa ON
 
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
1. Describe potential issues with current diagnostic technologies.
2. Distinguish unique biological differences which may affect testing results or interpretations.
3. Describe different approaches for troubleshooting unexplained test results.
4. Describe approaches to combine molecular and cytogenetic interpretations to genetic disease.


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* 1. Which Session Did You Attend?

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* 2. Please assess the overall session

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Sufficient time was allowed for audience participation/active learning
The facilities were satisfactory
The session was free from commercial bias
Overall, I would rate this Symposium as excellent

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* 3. Please assess the Speaker

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Clarity of Voice
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* 4. As a result of attending this session, I am planning to:

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* 5. Please explain any changes you plan to make or personal learning projects you will pursue as a result of this session:

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* 6. Please indicate which CanMEDS roles you felt were addressed during this educational activity. (Select all that apply)

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* 7. General comments about individual speaker:

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* 8. What topics would you like to be addressed at future conferences to keep you up to date in your profession?

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