Genes, Choices, and Ethics: Navigating the Moral Dilemmas in Genetic Counseling

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ONLINECMENOCMEGenetic Counselor

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 8:30 AM - Sunday, November 1, 2026, 8:30 AM

This nineteen-part series is designed to provide bioethics education for genetic counselors, covering foundational principles, legal perspectives, and considerations across various specialties and life stages.

The first 250 Genetic Counselors who complete all modules and evaluations will have their NSGC credit fees covered. Once your completion of the modules is confirmed, you will receive a link to complete the online evaluations for each module. Individuals will not be eligible for NSGC CEU credits until all modules and course evaluations are complete.

CEU submissions to the NSGC for Genetic Counselors will be take place quarterly on April 1, 2025, July 1, 2025, October 1, 2025 and at the conclusion of this program.

Participants must complete all of the following steps in order to earn NSGC credits.

Please do not pause or attempt to watch any video from a previous point; the system will not tally your time spent watching it.

Completing the Modules

1. Register for the activity

2. Click the Attendance Attestation button to indicate that you will confirm your participation

3. Click the Attendance Instructions button for important directions on registering your participation

4. Click the Attendance Verification Attestation button to verify you registered your participation

5. Click the Pre-Test button for Module #1, answer the questions, and submit your test

6. Once the Launch Video button activates, you can watch Module #1

7. Once Module #1 is complete, click the Post-Test button, answer the questions, and submit your test. A button to view your Test Results will be available

8. Select the Launch Evaluation button for Module #1 Evaluation and click the link to complete the evaluation

9. Once you submit your evaluation responses, you will be directed to go back to CloudCME to start the next Module

10. Repeat these steps until all Modules have been viewed and all Evaluations have been completed.

11. Once all modules have been viewed and evaluations have been completed, click the Post Activity Attestation and submit your answers.

12. You will then be directed to the Overall Activity Evaluation and submit your responses

13. Once the Overall Activity Evaluation is complete, the Download Certificate button will appear, allowing you to download and save your certificate of completion.

14. Send a copy of your certificate as a PDF to Lisa Weitzman at [email protected] with the following file name LastName_FirstName_NSGC ID_GCE (example Smith_Chris_NSCG 12345_GCE.pdf)

15. Allow six weeks from completion for your credits to show on your NSGC profile.

Download of Instructions

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized The University of Pennsylvania, funded by the Warren Alpert Foundation  to offer up to 10 Category 1 contact hours for the activity Genes, Choices, and Ethics: Navigating the Moral Dilemmas in Genetic Counseling. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor recertification.

General Attendance (10.00 hours), Non-CME (10.00 hours)

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Penn Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.