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			<title>Genetics education for social scientists</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2012/#story_10945</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new genetics education programme specifically aimed at social and behavioural scientists has been launched by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US.  &amp;nbsp;  Developed by the National Coalition for Health Profession Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) with the NIH Office of Behavioral and S ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US doctors: we don't know enough about genomic medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2011/#story_9356</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Recommendations for public and professional genetics education</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2011/#story_8159</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The final report from the US Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) has been released, outlining recommendations for the genetics education of clinical and public health professionals, patients and the public.  &amp;nbsp;  The SACGHS charter officially ended on 28 Febru ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Calls for strict regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_7849</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The American Medical Association (AMA) has called for all forms of genetic testing to be subject to supervision by a qualified health care professional.  In a letter to the Molecular and Clinical Genetics panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is due to hold hearings on direct-to-con ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Boost for cancer genetics in Wales</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2010/#story_6810</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This month the Institute has also launched a new resource for new patients with familial forms of cancer; the Cancer Genetics Storybank website provides stories and perspectives from existing patients from the local cancer genetics service. The NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>SACGHS draft report on genetics education</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2010/#story_5512</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 

  The US Secretary&amp;rsquo;s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) has released a draft report reviewing the status of genetics education of health care professionals, public health providers and consumers. The findings were based on literature reviews and surveys of both prof ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New genetics advisory role for NHS laboratory scientists</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2009/#story_4738</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ UK National Health Service (NHS) laboratory scientists are to receive new training to equip them to advise health professionals on the purpose and interpretation of genetic tests. Department of Health chief scientific officer Dr Sue Hill is quoted in the Times newspaper as having said that &amp;ldquo;Ge ... ]]></description>
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			<title>House of Lords report on Genomic Medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2009/#story_4705</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has published a new report, Genomic Medicine, the result of a long-running inquiry into recent advances in genomics and related fields and their implications for healthcare, the UK Government and the National Health Service (NHS). It calls for a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Helping physicians understand genetic risk</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2008/#story_4411</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  The American College of Preventative Medicine (ACPM) is developing a continuing medical education programme entitled: Genetic Risk, Screening and Intervention. The course is aimed at improving physicians&amp;rsquo; understanding of &amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;genetic risk factors for disease, the current evide ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New genetics guide for Australian health professionals</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/10/2007/#story_3795</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new guide on genetic conditions for primary care clinicians in Australia has been launched. Genetics in Family Medicine: The Australian Handbook for General Practitioners was reportedly developed in response to demand for support on genetics from GPs by the Genetics Education in Medicine Consortiu ... ]]></description>
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			<title>'Telling Stories' resource for genetics education</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2007/#story_3499</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK&amp;rsquo;s NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre has developed a resource of &amp;lsquo;real life&amp;rsquo; stories of the experiences of patients and their families, carers and health professionals in dealing with the impact of genetic conditions on their lives or professional practic ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Competences for new genetics roles in health services</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2007/#story_3453</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ One of the UK Government&amp;rsquo;s commitments in its 2003 White Paper on genetics was to fund a set of pilot service development projects for risk assessment and cancer prevention based on family history. The projects have been run jointly with Macmillan Cancer Care. A paper published recently in the ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genomics bibliography for philosophers and social scientists</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2007/#story_3450</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Egenis (the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society) have developed an annotated bibliographic database that aims &amp;ldquo;to make the science [of genomics] and its implications more accessible to those with philosophical, historical and sociological interests in the various fundamental que ... ]]></description>
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			<title>American Heart Association statement on genetics and genomics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2007/#story_3437</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As part of a review on the genetics of cardiovascular disease (CVD) published in the journal Circulation, the American Heart Association has made a list of recommendations &amp;ldquo;intended to help incorporate usable knowledge into current clinical and public health practice&amp;rdquo; [Arnett DK et al. ( ... ]]></description>
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			<title>The Human Variome Project</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3263</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Research on variation in the human genome and its clinical consequences has spawned a bewildering number and variety of databases, including the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), dbSNP and TSC (databases of single nucleotide polymorphisms), the HapMap database, and OMIM (On-line Mendelian Inherit ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Primary Care Genetics Society launched</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2007/#story_3185</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new society devoted to the implications of genetics for primary care practice has been launched in the UK. The Primary Care Genetics Society (PCGS) aims &amp;ldquo;to support and facilitate the educational needs of primary care practitioners to help translate the continuing advances in clinical geneti ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Launch of international network for genomics and population health: GraPH-Int</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2006/#story_2520</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new international network has been launched that aims to bring together all those interested in the translation of advances in genomic science and technologies into benefits for population health. The network, officially launched on 6 June at the 4th International Conference on DNA Sampling: Genom ... ]]></description>
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			<title>NHS University to close</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2004/#story_1447</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Health Secretary John Reid has announced the dissolution of the NHS University (NHSU), as part of the timetable of changes intended to cut back &quot;Arm&amp;#039;s Length Bodies&quot; (see July newsletter). A new NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation will take over the role of both the NHSU and NHS M ... ]]></description>
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			<title>New NHS Genetics Education and Development Centre</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2004/#story_1356</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Health Secretary John Reid has announced that funding to establish and run the new Genetics Education and Development Centre has been awarded to the Birmingham Women&amp;#039;s Healthcare Trust (see press release). The new centre is to be formed as part of the commitment to developing knowledge and skil ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Department of Health invites bids for NHS Genetics and Education Development Centre</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2003/#story_1181</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In its White Paper, Our Inheritance, Our Future, the UK Government announced its intention to set up a genetics education centre that would act as an “enabler” to facilitate the incorporation of genetics into the training of a wide range of healthcare professionals. The Department of Health has now  ... ]]></description>
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