Free CEUs For Genetic Counselors | EducateNext

Kelly D. F. Hagman, MS, CGC
May 11th, 2018

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For years, Ambry has been offering educational webinars to our employees as a way to make sure genetic counselors across multiple functions within the company were always up to date on the latest research. Now, we are opening up this program to all genetics professionals, in the form of a new program called EducateNext. This program will present hour long webinars almost every Monday from 12-1pm PST.

Ambry has secured approval from the National Society of Genetic Counseling (NSGC) to offer CEUs to certified genetic counselors and from the Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education (P.A.C.E.®) to offer credits to licensed laboratory directors and technologists. We are also sponsoring the NSGC CEU fees for both Ambry and non-Ambry GCs, to keep these webinars free for the public.

Why we are doing this:

Above all, we are presenting these webinars to facilitate the review of current practices relevant to laboratory or clinical genetics professionals. We expect participants to gain knowledge regarding advances and best practices in molecular genetics. We believe that sharing research updates in the field in an open environment is critical towards promoting the continuing education of genetic counselors and laboratory scientists.

Our hope is that ultimately the lecture series will translate to improving the health and quality of life for patients and their families. We want all participants to learn about new topics, so the genetics community as a whole is better informed. The more everyone knows about disease, the more we can all contribute towards its ultimate understanding.

What we are presenting:

The webinar topics cover several specialties in genetics, from research to diagnostics and clinical practice.. For example, here are some of our upcoming webinars:

5/14 - Kirsten Blanco, Presentor: Living with Familial Hemiplegic Migraine with Paralysis: The Patient's Experience
5/21 - Kami Wolfe Schneider, MS, CGC: Genetic Counseling without Clinical Guidelines: Perspectives from the Pediatric Oncology Experience
5/28 - Kory Jasperson, MS, CGC: Paired Germline-Tumor Testing for Lynch Syndrome

How to Get Involved:

If you want to join in on our webinars, you can sign up for our webinar mailing list by going here, and using the button to register. NSGC recommends participants to use their personal email instead of work email addresses to ensure that they receive their CEU certificate in case their work email address changes.

EducateNext is open to the public so even if people don’t need the CEUs, they may benefit from the information we share.

NOTE: Genetic Counselors: The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized Ambry Genetics to offer up to 3.0 CEUs or 30 Category 1 contact hours for the activity EducateNext: Ambry Genetics 2018 CEU Program. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. Clinical Laboratory Scientists: The Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education (P.A.C.E.) has authorized Ambry Genetics to offer 1 contact hour for each EducateNext webinar.

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Author

Kelly D. F. Hagman, MS, CGC

Kelly Hagman, MS, CGC, is the VP of Medical Affairs at Ambry Genetics. Prior to Kelly’s 20 year career in molecular diagnostic laboratories, she spent several years in a research lab studying DNA mutagenesis and sequencing technologies. She started her career as a genetic counselor at the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at City of Hope, where she continued her involvement in research and is the primary author on one of the most highly referenced Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) papers (Gonzalez et al, JCO 2009 PMID: 18632684). Driven by her passion for new and emerging molecular technologies, in 2009 Kelly joined Ambry Genetics as the Director of the Genomic Services Division where she gained expertise in multiple sequencing platforms and DNA/RNA enrichment techniques. In 2011, she lead the launch the very first commercially offered diagnostic exome sequencing test on the market. Her passion for molecular technologies led her to co-found NSGC’s Genomic Technology Special Interest Group (SIG). She was selected as NSGC’s liaison to the Association for Molecular (AMP) for their NGS Germline Variant Confirmation working group. Kelly is also a firm believer that the best patient care is achieved through open data sharing. She has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in molecular genetics and genomics, most focusing on exome sequencing (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1rGP7EbZoVMAS/bibliography/48799477/public/).

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