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Genetics & Your Practice Features, Updates and Notices
Feature Spotlight
June 2008:
Genetics & Your Practice online cited in the Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA) and a special supplement of Pediatrics
A recent 2008 JAMA commentary by Uhlmann and Guttmacher titled, "Key Internet Genetics Resources For the Clinician" listed Genetics & Your Practice
online as one resource to help clinicians integrate genetics into patient care. The authors note the resources listed "are generally those that have existed for several years and that the genetics community commonly regards as key and credible" [Read full-text article]. The authors provide other categories of resources (e.g. 'Directories of genetics clinics and clinical genetics specialists' or 'Disease-specific information for health care professionals') and describe how physicians are continually being called upon by patients to provide risk assessment and guidance for management decisions in the era of genomic medicine.
 The Family Health and Social History module and available tools found in Genetics & Your Practice (GYP) online were cited by authors in a special supplement to the journal Pediatrics, titled ‘Use of Family History Information in Pediatric Primary Care and Public Health.'
Dr. Green's article referenced GYP online tools (e.g. checklists to assess family health history and other aspects of pediatric primary care) among a short list of family history web-based resources for primary care clinicians or their staff. Go to abstract of article by RF Green.
Drs. Trotter and Martin included the preonconception/prenatal family health history questionnaire as part of ‘Strategies: Practical clinician points', asking primary care physicians to ‘choose a family history tool that works for you, your patient, and your setting'. Go to abstract of article by TL Trotter and HM Martin.
Register now to begin exploring Genetics & Your Practice (GYP) online and the Family Health and Social History module. Registration is free. Click here to create your account now.
Tip of the month:
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November 2007: Resources and Tools:
In addition to offering continuing education credit, G&YP online provides users with an in-depth collection of resources, references and tools for the busy health professional. For instance, users can browse by type of resources or tools and will find empiric risk tables for:
- consanguinity
- recurrence risks for common multi-factorial conditions (adult or pediatric/prenatal populations)
- recurrence risks for specific congenital heart defects: risk to future sibling or risk to future child
- adult cancers
 
Site Announcements and Updates
2007 February
- Limited time offer to new registrants: free copy of “Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Fifth Edition” published by AAP and ACOG.
- Usage notice regarding pop-up blockers along with help page.
2006
August
- Review and update hyperlinks.
- Update family history questionnaire for adult, pediatric and prenatal patient types.
July
- Genetics & Your Practice online receives American Academy of Family Physician (AAFP) accreditation for continuing medical education ( CME ) by the Commission on Continuing Professional Development. Read more.
January
- Begin collaboration with Google ads.
2005
December
- Full site review and update completed. Curriculum is re-approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits through 2008.
March
- Registration form streamlined.
- Resources and Tools section updated and re-organized.
2004
December
- 1,671 registered users by the end of the year. The largest categories of users are nurses (25%), followed by physicians (22%) and students (18%)
2003
November
- Site is launched. Swedish Medical Center designates AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits for educational activities found within Genetics & Your Practice. Read more.
Updated: February 2007
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