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SUMMARY: CFAS Webinar: Counselling SIG - Beyond PGT: Genetic Screening fo
 r Intended Parents, Donors, and Gestational Carriers Before and During P
 regnancy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the CFAS Webinar: Counselling SIG - Beyond PGT: 
 Genetic Screening for Intended Parents, Donors, and Gestational Carriers
  Before and During Pregnancy on Wednesday, January 25th from 1:00 to 2
 :00 pm EST on the Zoom Webinar platform, with Meaghan Doyle.\n\nRapid te
 chnological advances have kept PGT at the forefront of discussions invol
 ving reproductive genetics for the last few years. This webinar aims to 
 take us beyond PGT to explain other intricacies in genetic counselling a
 nd screening in third party reproduction. We will review Health Canadaâ€
 ™s genetic screening requirements for gamete donors, discuss genetic tes
 ts available before and during pregnancy, and review how genetic counsel
 lors can help and when a referral for genetic counselling may be warrant
 ed. Brought to you by the Counselling SIG, this webinar aims to be inclu
 sive and extensive prior knowledge of reproductive genetics is not requi
 red.\n\nMeaghan Doyle, MS, CGC, is a Certified Genetic Counselor and Fou
 nder of DNAide Genetic Counselling. She obtained her undergraduate degre
 e in Genetics and Psychology from the University of Toronto and her Mast
 er of Science in Genetic Counseling from Arcadia University. After start
 ing the genetic counselling program at Markham Fertility Centre she reco
 gnized how few clinics had genetic counsellors on staff to support their
  patients. She founded DNAide Genetic Counselling to help make access to
  fertility genetic counsellors more accessible to patients and clinician
 s Internationally. Meaghan has expertise in Preimplantation Genetic Test
 ing, mosaicism in embryos, and Health Canada’s Safety of Sperm and Ova
  Regulations. She is passionate about helping fertility patients by prov
 iding them with evidence-based information and ensuring that they are fu
 lly supported to make decisions that will be best for them and their fam
 ilies.\n\nThe learning objectives for this webinar are:\n\n* To learn mo
 re about the requirements for the genetic screening of donors, intended 
 parents, and gestational carriers under Health Canada’s Safety of Sper
 m and Ova Regulations\n\n* To learn more about what genetic tests are av
 ailable to donors and intended parents before pregnancy\n\n* To learn mo
 re about what genetic tests are available during pregnancy\n\n* To learn
  more about how to explain genetic counselling to patients and when a re
 ferral for genetic counselling may be indicated\n\nA certificate of atte
 ndance is available with registration to this event. In order to receive
  your certificate, you must register for the webinar on your CFAS accoun
 t. This event is restricted to members only.\n
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