NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre

http://www.geneticseducation.nhs.uk/

The NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre is working with a range of groups throughout the UK to facilitate the integration of genetics education into all levels of education and training for all NHS health professionals.

Through our eight key aims we are working to:

- Provide leadership in genetics education
- Help to raise the awareness of genetics
- Involve patients and their families in informing all aspects of our work
- Identify the genetics knowledge, skills and attitudes useful for clinical roles
- Develop a framework for competences in genetics
- Facilitate the integration of genetics into curricula and courses
- Identify and develop resources appropriate to the needs of health professionals (and their trainers)
- Support and disseminate learning from service development initiatives in genetics