Conferences and Workshops
Genome Profiling and Personalized Medicine: Are We Ready?
February 10, 2010 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
A FREE continuing education program specifically designed for physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners
Program
The workshop will present the facts, future potential and limitations of genome-based "personalized medicine" from the perspectives of the molecular geneticist, the practicing clinician, the laboratory regulator and the health care payer. Genetics is a rapidly moving, complex science from which new molecular testing technologies have emerged. Medical practitioners are being challenged to integrate these technologies into their practices in the face of decreasing resources. Adding to the challenge is the difficulty in identifying which of the innovations will really improve patients' health.
Agenda and Objectives
Location
New York State Nurses Association
11 Cornell Road, Latham, New York
Accreditation
Physicians:
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2.75 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Physician Assistants: 
This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 2.75 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.
Nurse Practitioners:
This program is approved for 2.75 contact hour(s) of continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0912405.
For information, contact the Office of Outreach and Program Development, Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, at 518-473-5217 or genomed@wadsworth.org