{"id":3192,"date":"2026-04-13T09:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:56:22","slug":"virtual-event-for-cme-credit-genetic-testing-in-obgyn-updates-and-practice-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/2026\/04\/virtual-event-for-cme-credit-genetic-testing-in-obgyn-updates-and-practice-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Event for CME Credit \u2013 Genetic Testing in OBGYN: Updates and Practice Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC Rare Disease Network is hosting an upcoming, virtual event for OBGYNs:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cGenetic Testing in OBGYN: Updates and Practice Guidelines\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This virtual, interactive event is part one of a three-part series which focuses on genetic testing in OBGYN such as NIPT (Non-invasive prenatal testing), carrier screening, and WES\/WGS (Whole-Exome Sequencing\/Whole-Genome Sequencing) and how it can relate to patients with a rare disease. The presentation is geared towards OBGYNs and will discuss genetic basics, how to navigate clinical scenarios, knowing which test to order, and tips for disclosing abnormal results. A Q&amp;A session will follow the presentation. <em>Two additional events in this series will occur in May and June &#8211; additional information on these events will be provided soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, April 23rd <\/strong>from <strong>5:00 \u2013 6:00 PM<\/strong> and is eligible for CME credit.<\/p>\n<p>Event Agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual Presentation<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A Session<\/li>\n<li>Survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenter for April 23rd event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrea Johnson (MS,CGC): Prenatal Genetic Counselor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/M_Tz4_txTky_ElxWJETJow#\/registration\">here<\/a> to register!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 18px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3194 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2-600x776.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1455\/2026\/04\/Flyer-2.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC Rare Disease Network is hosting an upcoming, virtual event for OBGYNs: \u201cGenetic Testing in OBGYN: Updates and Practice Guidelines\u201d This virtual, interactive event is part one of a three-part series which focuses on genetic testing in OBGYN such as NIPT (Non-invasive prenatal testing), carrier screening, and WES\/WGS (Whole-Exome Sequencing\/Whole-Genome Sequencing) and how it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/2026\/04\/virtual-event-for-cme-credit-genetic-testing-in-obgyn-updates-and-practice-guidelines\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Virtual Event for CME Credit \u2013 Genetic Testing in OBGYN: Updates and Practice Guidelines\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120676,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"featured_image_medium":false,"featured_image_medium_large":false,"featured_image_large":false,"featured_image_thumbnail":false,"featured_image_alt":false,"category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3192"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/raredisease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}