Rotation Opportunities

SAMPLE SCHEDULE
Clinical Genetic Residency

Month

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3




JULY	Metabolic Rotation I	Metabolic Mentor Rotation Bar Harbor Short Course	Fellowship Research Year
AUGUST	Prenatal Genetics	Elective
SEPTEMBER	Dysmorphology Rotation I	Combined Metabolic and Dysmorphology Rotation
OCTOBER	Prenatal Cytogenetic Lab Biochemical Genetics Lab	Elective
NOVEMBER	Elective Vacation	Vacation Elective
DECEMBER	Metabolic Rotation II	Research
JANUARY	Dysmorphology Rotation II
FEBRUARY	Molecular Lab Dysmorphology Rotation III
MARCH	Elective
APRIL	Cancer Genetics
MAY	Vacation Cancer Lab
JUNE	Combined Metabolic and Dysmorphology Rotation	Vacation

Residency Year 1


Metabolic Rotation & Half-Day of *Genetics Outpatient Clinic	8Weeks
Dysmorphology Rotation & Full-Day of Connective Disorder Clinic and Full-Day of Genetics Outpatient Clinic	8 Weeks
Combined Metabolic & Dymorphology Rotation & Half-Day of Genetics Outpatient Clinic	4 Weeks
Prenatal Genetics & Half-Day of Genetics Outpatient Clinic	6 Weeks
Cancer Genetics & Half-Day of Genetics Outpatient Clinic	6 Weeks
Molecular Laboratory	2 Weeks
Oncology Laboratory	2 Weeks
Prenatal Cytogenetics LaboratoryPostnatal Cytogenetics Laboratory	2 Weeks
Biochemical Genetics	2 Week
**Elective	8 Weeks
Vacation	4 Weeks

Residency Year 2


Metabolic Mentor Rotation	4 Weeks
Combined Metabolic & Dymorphology Rotation & Half-Day of Genetics Outpatient Clinic	4 Weeks
Elective	12 Weeks
Research	28 Weeks
Vacation	4 Weeks

Fellowship Year 3


Mentored clinical or basic research of the fellows choosing.

*The weekly outpatient genetic clinics include exposure to patients with: connective tissue disorders, metabolic disease, cystic fibrosis, other monogenic and multifactorial conditions as well as dysmorphology evaluations of unknown conditions.

**Additional elective outpatient clinics include: Huntington disease, clefting and craniofacial, spina bifida, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell, osteogenesis imperfecta, skeletal dysplasia, connective tissue disorders, hypotonia, general genetics, spinal muscular atrophy, neurofibromatosis, and hearing loss.

Didactics in Year 1 and Year 2


Clinic Conference	1hr/week
IGM Journal Club	1 hr/week
Core Lecture Series	1 hr/week
Teaching Rounds	1 ½ hr/week
Prenatal Conference	2 hours/week while on Prenatal Rotations
Ultrasound Conference	1 hour/week while on Prenatal Rotations
Cancer Conferences	2 hours/week while on Cancer Rotations

Didactics in Year 2 Only


Molecular Mechanisms of Disease	20 hour
Advanced Topics in Human Genetics	45 hours
Bar Harbor Short Course	14 days

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