Cancer Genetics Course
Our next course will be run in Manchester in June 2010. Please
contact Sarah Shepherdson on 0161 276 6506 for further details.
Seminars
Departmental seminars give an opportunity for clinical
presentations of general interest. Updates are given by members of
Genetic Medicine and cover research findings and new service
developments in their field. Please view our Seminar Schedule for
further details.
To enquire about a Nowgen Academic Seminar, please call Nowgen
on 0161 276 5956 or email bookings@nowgen.org.uk. For
other enquiries, please call Jill Clayton-Smith, Rhona MacLeod
or Emma Birkett-Wright on 0161 276 6002.
One CME point is awarded for each seminar attended. Lunch is
provided only when the venue is Nowgen.
Training in Biochemical Genetics
The Willink unit remains committed to training with its
multidisciplinary team structure. Training of junior doctors,
dieticians, nurses and scientists occurs in a formal sense at
meetings and teaching sessions and also during normal service
provision.
On the medical side, we have a registrar-level general
paediatric trainee and an SHO rotating through the department. For
longer attachment we have a national grid appointed trainee in
paediatric inherited metabolic diseases, typically for 2-3 years at
a time. On occasion we also have clinical fellows from overseas
spending a variable amount of time in the department; this is by
special arrangement and we prefer these arrangements to be longer
term and to involve actual clinical work.
In the laboratory we are committed to staff development and
junior lab staff are encouraged to attend the various national
training days. We also take formal trainees via the HST system.
Training in Clinical Genetics
There are a number of specialties within clinical genetics.
Clinical geneticists undertake postgraduate training following
medical training. For further information see our Careers
in Clinical Genetics guide and the Clinical Genetics
Society website.
Genetic counsellors are non-medically trained professionals who
work both independently and with clinical geneticists to support
patients with genetic conditions. For further information see the
Association of
Genetic Nurses and Counsellors website.
In association with the University of Manchester we offer an MSc in Genetic Counselling.
Training in Cytogenetics
Cytogeneticists are trained clinical scientists who specialize
in cytogenetics. Clinical scientist trainees undergo a four-year
pre-registration training programme during which they follow the Association
for Clinical Cytogeneticists (ACC) basic training programme for
clinical scientists for the first 2-3 years, with the remainder of
the four years spent on consolidation and acquiring any additional
skills necessary to attain Health Professions Council (HPC)
registration.
The training for cytogenetic technologists and assistant
cytogenetic technologists is competence-based workplace learning
with logbooks for different areas of work.
Training in Molecular Genetics
The Regional Molecular Genetics Laboratory in Manchester is
accredited by the Clinical Molecular Genetics Society (CMGS), the
discipline's professional body, to deliver Clinical Scientist
Training in Molecular Genetics. The training consists of a two-year
modular programme, during which the trainee gains experience in all
aspects of the core disease services and techniques used in the
laboratory. The training also provides relevant experience in
laboratory management, quality, health and safety, and includes a
research and development project. The trainee is responsible for
recording all relevant experience and creating a training
portfolio. Continual assessment of the trainee's progress is
undertaken locally by the National Training Coordinator for
Clinical Molecular Genetics.
Successful completion of the two-year programme leads to the
award of the CMGS Certificate of Competence, after which the
trainee will need to undertake a further two years of laboratory
service work to consolidate their knowledge and experience before
they are eligible to apply to become registered as a clinical
scientist with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
Vacancies at CMFT
For information about current vacancies within Central
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, please visit
our careers website.