Medical Genetics & Genomics Residency

In addition to complying with GME Eligibility and Selection Policy, the Medical Genetics and Genomics program’s policies and procedures are:

Requirements for Admission

An applicant must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to an ACGME-accredited program:

• Graduation from a medical school in the United States or Canada, accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or graduation from a college of osteopathic medicine in the United States, accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOACOCA);

• or, graduation from a medical school outside of the United States or Canada, and meeting one of the following additional qualifications:

  1. holding a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment;

  2. holding a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States licensing jurisdiction in which the ACGME-accredited program is located.

• All prerequisite post-graduate clinical education required for initial entry or transfer into ACGME-accredited residency programs must be completed in ACGME-accredited residency programs, AOA approved residency programs, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency programs located in Canada, or in residency programs with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation.
  

Process for Admission

After review of the previous information, qualifying residents are selected for an interview. Not all applicants can be interviewed. Specific criteria that will be used include:

1. Quality of the medical school training and performance.

2. Quality of residency training and performance.

3. Quality of letters of support.

Candidates selected will then be interviewed by a majority of the faculty, and have an opportunity to meet with the current trainees and visit the clinical and laboratory facilities associated with the program. Once selected candidates have been interviewed, the faculty of the Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism will have an opportunity to collectively make a decision on which candidates will be offered positions (this will also depend on the number of positions available). In addition to the criteria listed above, faculty will also consider the following:

1. The candidate’s personality and communication skills.

2. Perceived commitment to patient care.

3. Perceived commitment to a career in genetics.

4. Special personal circumstances or special personal attributes.

In alignment with the aims of the University of Colorado, School of Medicine the Medical Genetics & Genomics program aims are as follows:

• Train clinical genetics residents to become excellent medical genetics clinicians.

• Practice collaborative, interdisciplinary patient care in chronic disease, underserved and rural populations, and remote regional care across the lifespan.

  • • See patients from our large and diverse community, from newborns to elderly, from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska.

• Communicate effectively with primary care and subspecialty providers within and outside the Children’s Hospital Colorado Network of Care.

• Maintain up to date knowledge of clinical guidelines and consensus thoughts in the field to become excellent in practicing genetic medicine in an academic environment.

  • • Attend journal club, scheduled didactic lectures, and weekly clinical meetings.

    • Prepare for each patient by discussing with the attending physician, reading appropriate chapter in textbook, and searching PubMed and other online sources for most up to date literature.

    • Participate in mentored clinical research and investigator-initiated studies.