In-depth discussion of linkage and segregation analysis and ascertainment problems. Applications stressed with reference to assumptions and limitations. Data sets analyzed with current computer programs. Limited to second-year medical students. Review of problem sets.
Topics range from basic probability to linkage analysis.
Includes lectures and discussion of cases from medical genetics clinic. Lecture topics include chest pain and myocardial infarction, basic arrhythmia management, and burn and wound care. Focuses on writing as a process for giving voice to the conflicting demands and dilemmas of becoming a physician. Explores personal narratives, dreams and disappointments, chronic illness and death, empathy and revulsion, authenticity and power. Based at Puget Sound Blood Center.