Duration

2 years

Starting Date

End of September

Tuition Fee

From € 756 to a maximum of € 2,626 per year*

Location

Siena, Italy

*The tuition fee is calculated according to the country of origin and ranges from a minimum of € 756 to a maximum of € 2,626 (per year).

About the programme

The Genetic Counsellors course from University of Siena will be divided into lectures and practical activities.

Genetic counsellors are non-medical health figures that work closely with medical geneticists in both public and private medical genetics services.

They support the medical geneticist in the main areas of genetic counseling and independently conduct genetic counseling whenever a clinical evaluation/diagnosis of the patient is not required. Among the various areas of activity are the prenatal, pre-conceptional and infertility settings, and the cancer genetics setting. The course will be divided into lectures and practical activities.

Courses Included

  • Clinical Genetics Approaches And Personalized Medicine
  • Counselling In Fetal Disorders And Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
  • Ethical, Legal And Social Implications In Genetics
  • Formal Genetics, Statistics, Probability And Risk
  • Human Genetics

Career Prospects

Genetic counsellors works closely with medical geneticists in both public and private medical genetics services. They support the medical geneticist in the main areas of genetic counseling and independently conduct genetic counseling whenever a clinical evaluation/diagnosis of the patient is not required. Among the various areas of activity are the prenatal, pre-conceptional and infertility settings, and the cancer genetics setting.

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