This series is for genetics health professionals led by the Canadian College of Medical Genetics and co-sponsored by Can-GARD. Speakers will be translation-focused researchers, clinicians and innovators. The series will help attendees anticipate, access, and apply new approaches and technologies for patient care.
Redevelopment Work in BC’s Provincial Medical Genetics Program
The presentation will focus on features of the Handra et al., (2023) publication. This will be contextualized in discussions of our program’s redevelopment work, which aims to improve our internal program, its resources, and our collaborations.
Learning objectives:
- Consider an initiative to refresh and grow a province’s clinical genomics capacity.
- Describe use of process mapping and an electronic QI platform.
- Discuss use of articulating explicit principles, frameworks, policies, evaluation.
- Reflect on progresses and what we envision next in our redevelopment initiative, with attention on how our program is similar and different to others in Canada, with goals of building program identity/shared vision and resources within the program, as well as engage and enable other (potential) contributors to genomics care.
Speaker:
Dr. Linlea Armstrong
Bio
Dr. Linlea Armstrong is a medical geneticist and currently medical director for BC’s Provincial Medical Genetics Program. Dr. Armstrong maintains a general medical genetics practice, with special interests in the application of next generation sequencing to rare disease care, as well as in the diagnosis of pediatric tumour and cancer predisposition, and differences of sexual development. One of the most exciting parts of the medical directorship has been her program’s collaboration with the lab in setting up our Genome Sequencing BC service. Dr. Armstrong has a passion for medical education and quality improvement, and over time has served in leadership roles with UBC’s Medical Genetics and Genomics Royal College residency program, Masters of Genetic Counselling program, and Vancouver Fraser Medical Program’s Faculty Development team.
Friday, September 29, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023 – cancelled
Friday, November 24, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm ET
Friday, January 26, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Friday, May 31, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
