Referred TestsHearing genetics
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Originally presented January 14, 2021
Overview
Presenter
Lisa Schimmenti, M.D., FACMG, FAAP
Professor, Pediatrics
Consultant, Departments of Clinical Genomics, Otorhinolaryngology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Co-Director, Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.)
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify how hearing loss is diagnosed.
- Recognize how to distinguish non-syndromic hearing loss from syndromic hearing loss.
- Develop strategies for testing and confirming results.
- Name three ways patient outcomes can be improved by genetic testing.
Intended audience
This webinar is designed for any provider who sees patients with neurologic diseases (e.g., neurologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians, including internists and family care practitioners) as well as pathologists, laboratory directors, and laboratory send-out coordinators.
Credit
The following types of credit are offered for this event:
ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hour.
State of California
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of California. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
State of Florida
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a Continuing Education Accrediting Agency for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences for the State of Florida. Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has designated this program for General credit. This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
To obtain credit:
- Register for and participate in the program.
- Complete the evaluation that will be sent to you after the program.
- Generate and print your certificate(s).
Level of instruction for this program is intermediate.
Faculty Disclosure
Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty members also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentations. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentations.
Questions?
Contact us: mcleducation@mayo.edu
