Webinar: Cell-free DNA Screening: Much More Than a "Baby Gender" Test
Webinar Wednesday
Keyword(s)
prenatal testing
Publisher
American Association of Birth Centers
Description
Are you struggling to understand which genetic tests to order? Are you looking for tools to help you respond to patients who are requesting expensive prenatal testing? Learn more about genetic screening with Heather Dorsey, MS, a genetic counselor with Legacy Medical Group-Maternal-Fetal Medicine. This presentation will: discuss what genetic counseling is and who should be referred to see a genetic counselor; review rates of birth defects in the general population and an approach to screening pregnancies for conditions including, but not limited to, Down Syndrome; explore cell-free DNA screening, its benefits and limitations, and practical approaches to its incorporation into prenatal care; and consider questions for providers to consider when thinking of offering cell free DNA screening to their patients. (presented live on 5.18.2016)