{"id":16514,"date":"2018-08-09T15:48:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=16514"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:30:16","slug":"upcoming-webinar-on-clinical-and-direct-to-consumer-genetic-testing","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/upcoming-webinar-on-clinical-and-direct-to-consumer-genetic-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Webinar on Clinical and Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15228 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/dnaimage-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"DNA helix\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/dnaimage-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/dnaimage.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many of your patrons may have an interest or even have had a clinical genetic test or done a direct to consumer genetic test. The next PNR Rendezvous session is an opportunity to learn more about both clinical and consumer genetic tests regarding health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 15 starting at Noon, Alaska Time, 1:00pm PT, 2:00pm MT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session title:<\/strong> Genetic Testing in the Era of Genomic Sequencing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong> This presentation will include information on current genetic testing and genetic counseling practices, with a focus on the implementation of new sequencing technologies into clinical medicine. Implications and ethical considerations for both clinical and direct to consumer genetic tests will be discussed.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Laura Amendola, MS CGC, Licensed Genetic Counselor, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Washington<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to join:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/class\/genetic-testing-era-genomic-sequencing\/8397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is encouraged but not required<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The session is worth 1 Medical Library Association CE for attending live or the watching the recording (up to 6 months from the live session).<\/p>\n<p>We hope you can attend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of your patrons may have an interest or even have had a clinical genetic test or done a direct to consumer genetic test. The next PNR Rendezvous session is an opportunity to learn more about both clinical and consumer genetic tests regarding health. When: Wednesday, August 15 starting at Noon, Alaska Time, 1:00pm PT,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/upcoming-webinar-on-clinical-and-direct-to-consumer-genetic-testing\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[55,56],"class_list":["post-16514","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-health-literacy","category-training-education","tag-genetics","tag-genomics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16516,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16514\/revisions\/16516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}