The Evolving Landscape of Genetic Carrier Screening: Clinical Considerations and Challenges

Conclusions and Relevance Current practice guidelines differ between stakeholder professional organizations. Expanded carrier screening offers increased identification of rare disease carriers allowing for more informed reproductive choices. However, there are several barriers to the implementation of expanded carrier screening for all patients. Target Audience Obstetricians and gynecologists, family physicians. Learning Objectives After completing this activity, the learner should be better able to describe the difference between ethnicity-based, pan-ethnic, and expanded carrier screening; explain current practice guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics; and identify the barriers to implementation of expanded carrier screening.
Source: Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey - Category: OBGYN Tags: CME ARTICLES Source Type: research