Assignment 1 – 1 ½ page
Please view
Case study 7: Sickle cell anemia population screening
(attached). There are question prompts to stimulate further thoughts about each case study and there is also additional interesting information about each category at the end of each group of case studies. After the case studies there is information about 5 Clicker Questions that were presented to students, who then recorded their responses on clicker devices. The results of these audience responses can be found in the attached document.
· First explain why you chose this case study.
· Then present, in your own words, a summary of the case study for your classmates.
· Include your personal comments about the case.
· Look at the audience responses associated with the case study topics and comment on whether you were surprised by the outcome(s) of one or more of the votes.
Assignment 2-
Use the Case study form and fill in the answers together with the Pharmacogenetics: Using genetics to treat disease
This case study delves deeper into personalized medicine, by presenting a scenario based on a wide range of individual responses to the drug used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia. You will interpret data similar to those initially published in scientific journals in order to learn more about pharmacogenomics and make recommendations about the appropriate medical treatment based on an individual’s genotype.
Assignment 3 – 1 ½ pages
Pretend you are a Genetic Counselor. Invent a patient with symptoms of a real possible genetic problem. Explain what genetic tests you might recommend for the patient. Invent the results of the test(s) and then explain how you would communicate these results to the patient along with your recommendations for any future medical decisions facing the patient. Discuss any ethical dilemmas you might face in your interactions with this patient. (Remember–the patient and test results are fictitious; but the genetic disorder, the genetic tests, the recommended treatments, and ethical considerations are REAL.) there are different ethical considerations for different cultures. Do you anticipate any social justice issues for your patient? Would your advice be different if your patient belonged to a different ethnic group?
Refer to these articles for insights into the importance of cultural considerations in Genetic Counseling:
A GENETIC COUNSELING CULTURAL COMPETENCE TOOLKIT
Diversity in Genetic Counseling: Past, Present and Future, Mittman
