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Women's Health
Prenatal Genetic Screening: Advances in Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing – Mainpro+
DURATION
PROFESSION
Physician
# OF CREDITS
1
ACCREDITATION
Mainpro+
EXPIRY DATE
2019-03-19
Faculty
Arthur Zaltz (BSc, MD, FRCSC), Jonathan Hey (MB ChB, CCFP, FCFP), Sandra Lee (BSc, MD, CCFP), Emily Moon (BSc, MD, CCFP)
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Discuss and differentiate the non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) options.
- Describe new developments in NIPT, which will allow appropriate ordering.
- Counsel patients about the benefits, limitations, test-result interpretation, and outcomes of different NIPT methodologies for trisomies 21, 18, and 13, microdeletions, sex chromosome aneuploidies, and triploidy in the primary care setting.