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Program Description
As basic genetics knowledge continues to be integrated
into medical practice, it is increasingly important to train clinicians
in all aspects of medical genetics.
The Medical Genetics Residency Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester
is certified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME) and offers you comprehensive training in patient examinations,
diagnosis, decision-making, therapeutics and counseling required
to provide care for patients with genetic or possible genetic diseases.
The ongoing, direct patient contact offers you the opportunity
to care for children and adults, including prenatal care, with a
wide variety of clinical disorders, including those of single gene,
chromosomal, mitochondrial, multifactorial and teratogenic etiology.
Additionally, you will gain experience in Mayo Clinic's cytogenetics,
biochemical and molecular laboratories, where you will learn about
the usefulness and limitations of laboratory tests used in the diagnosis
of genetic disorders.
As a medical genetics resident at Mayo Clinic, you will have ongoing
interaction with board-certified genetic staff: counselors, clinical
geneticists and laboratory directors. Nutritionists are part of
the team approach for management of patients with metabolic diseases,
and residents are expected to be present with the dietician visits
for their patients, until they become familiar with the daily management
of the diet. Nurses, social workers, physical therapists, occupational
therapists, audiologists, psychologists and other allied health
professionals often are involved with the care of our patients;
you will be expected to initiate these contacts when appropriate.
Medical genetics program residents will also work with surgeons,
oncologists, obstetricians/perinatologists, pediatricians, neurologists,
internists with various subspecialties, family practitioners and
others. Many of these interactions will arise directly from the
consulting physician's referral of patients to you or vice versa
as part of the comprehensive services offered at Mayo Clinic.
Certification
Training for certification in Clinical Genetics is unique at Mayo
Clinic. A relatively large fraction of your training time in this
residency is devoted to training in clinical laboratories, which
will include regional, national and international patients with
a broad range of disorders.
Mayo Clinic treats an especially good mix of pediatric and adult
patients, who will comprise an increasing proportion of genetics
patients in the future.
This residency also includes training in genetic counseling, including
non-directive options for gene testing and prenatal diagnosis.
An optional year of study provides additional training that enables
you to become certified in clinical cytogenetics, biochemical genetics
or molecular genetics, accredited by the American
Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) .
Program Outcomes
The most important sign of the success of any training program is
how graduates fare after they begin their careers. Mayo Clinic's
Medical Genetics Residency Program has been in existence since 1981
and all of our graduates who took ABMG testing have passed their
boards.
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