Genetics Curriculum

• The Advocacy Role of the Nurse
  A web-based, 8 course CE program, produced by New England Research Institutes and funded by NINR, NIH. There is currently no charge to participate in this course.

• Genetics and Your Practice
  Website with practical "How-To" information and downloadable tools to help health care professionals integrate genetics into their patient care.

• Hereditary Susceptibility To Breat and Ovarian Cancer
  An outline of the basic fundamental knowledge needed by all health care professionals established by: National Action Plan On Breast Cancer American Society Of Clinical Oncology.

• A Practice-Based Genetics Curriculum for Nurse Educators
  The Practice-Based Genetics Curriculum for Nurse Educators is the result of a 3-year, ELSI-funded genetics educational research project. The curriculum contains a variety of genetic topics for nurse educators teaching in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. A variety of teaching materials are included in the curriculum: 1) genetic family history screening tools, 2) case studies for discussion, 3) act sheets, 4) handouts, 5) evaluation methods (e.g. multiple choice questions and questions for research topics and critical thinking), 6) glossary, and 7) Power-Point sides that can be used in the classrom. Posted on the FBR Web site www.fbr.org are excerpts of the curricular modules.

• Spina Bifida Curriculum
  Guidelines for the Management of Students with Genetic Disorders: A Manual for School Nurses, 2nd Ed. The Student with Myleodysplasia (Spina Bifida) produced by the New England Regional Genetics Group.

Last edited: 11/20/03

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