2021-2022 Academic Catalog

PED 4470 Pediatric Genetics

Regardless of your residency of interest, the link between genetics and disease is clear. This is an emerging field of research, understanding, and intervention for medicine. Getting a better grounding of the interplay of genetics in modern medicine helps you to understand both its benefits and current limitations. Knitting together theoretical genetics and practical genetics for the practitioner is the key skill to be learned in this rotation.

Credits

4

Offered

Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) - OH; Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (TCM) - WA; Naval Medical Center, San Diego (NMCSD) - CA; Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA) - TX; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) - VA; Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) - HI; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) - MD