Annual Conference 2010

GenOMICS: Today and Tomorrow's Medicine - 30th April 2010

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BCCGN’s second annual conference, GenOMICS: Today and Tomorrow’s Medicine was a huge success. A total of 217 delegates registered including family physicians, specialists, health professionals, researchers and students. Thirty-seven percent were physicians, 23% of whom travelled from outside the lower mainland as far away as Vancouver Island, Nelson, Golden, Prince George, and Dawson Creek. Participants provided the following positive feedback:

Delegates enjoyed learning about sequencing, personalized medicine, metagenomics and the genomics of specific diseases. They also were impressed by the speed of change of clinical genomics and its future implications. Respondents found the direct to consumer debate to be particularly effective. Some respondents planned to change some aspect of their behavior as a result of the conference, including continuing to educate themselves about genomics.  Respondents had numerous diverse suggestions for next years’ conference; the most popular suggestions were sessions on common diseases (Infectious diseases, Cancer, HIV, Epilepsy, autism, prostate cancer, adult intellectual disability), case studies, current tests, technology and epigenetics. E-mail more suggestions

Annual Conference 2009

THE IMPACT OF GENOMICS IN THE CLINIC - 20th April 2009

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Who Attended? Over 170 delegates from all over BC, including physicians, researchers, students, industry, genetecists and more.

What was their Feedback? 96% attendees said they would attend the conference next year. 95% of them left the conference with a better understanding of genomics. They rated the overall program and the individual sessions very highly. For example in the table below a score of 5 means excellent. Many people said they were stimulated to educate themselves further, seek collaborations and participate in research

What did People Say?

• I had a very poor understanding of the new field of genomics, however this conference was an excellent and easily understandable introduction to the discipline that I can now relate to my medical students. Nelson Physician
• It was a great meeting. It gave me much better understanding of where genetics is moving to Victoria Physician
• This was an excellent conference which updated my genetic knowledge.  As a clinician I feel very hopeful that the expansion of genetic knowledge will become helpful for individual patients and families.  I will also view each of my patients more "genetically" and ask myself how genetics would be playing a role in their condition. Burnaby Physician

Maintenance of Certification Section 1 and Mainpro-M1, 5.5 Credits

CME credits are available to physicians who attend our conferences. You are responsible for collecting your own credits and ensuring your records are up to date for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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