CCFHH Program Awardees: Medical School System

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One of the program awardees incorporated their Does It Run In the Family? materials into their medical school curriculum. A synopsis of this program is below along with a link to their full report.

[edit] University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine distributed their Does It Run In the Family? booklets to medical students. Along with a supplemental lecture and handouts, the booklets were used to educate students on disease inheritance and pedigrees.

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine incorporated the Does It Run In the Family? toolkit into the College of Medicine curriculum to be used by medical students learning to take family medical histories and as an educational resource for their future patients. The Heartland Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative will facilitate additional dissemination of the customized booklets. Click to see University of Oklahoma: Final Report.

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