A postgraduate certificate that will allow you to acquire the management of hereditary-based cardiovascular diseases with knowledge of their genetic and pathophysiological bases"

This module provides a comprehensive understanding of cardiogenetics and existing genetic testing in the context of cardiovascular diseases affecting the heart. We review the current status of clinical genetic testing for the most common channelopathies, cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic, dilated and noncompaction) and vascular syndromes. We will present practical cases of the different cardiovascular conditions of genetic cause, their management, their transmission and practical exercises of diagnosis in families affected by these diseases and syndromes. 

A specialty of notable interest for the medical professional that you will be able to acquire efficiently through this postgraduate certificate"

This postgraduate certificate inClinical Genetics in Cardiovascular Diseases offers you the characteristics of a Postgraduate Certificate of high scientific, teaching and technological level.  These are some of its most notable features: 

• Latest technology in online teaching software
• Highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand  
• Practical cases presented by practising experts 
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems 
• Self-regulating learning: Full compatibility with other occupations 
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification 
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

A training that will show you the practical methodology in the collection of information and its interpretation to create a diagnosis supported by genetic evidence" 

This program has been developed by professionals from different clinical genetics offices in which they contribute their experience in daily practice, in the care of patients and families with a variety of hereditary disorders, both in genetic counseling and in prevention programs and prenatal and preconception counseling. The faculty involved in the Postgraduate Certificate also carries out important research tasks relevant to the field of Genetics.  

The program of this postgraduate certificate addresses in its different modules the basic and necessary knowledge for the management of patients and their diseases in a Clinical Genetics practice. It offers a practical approach to the different techniques most commonly used for the diagnosis of hereditary diseases, as well as the interpretation of their results. It offers an approach to the diseases that cause the highest number of consultations in daily practice in a Clinical Genetics service. 

This postgraduate certificate contains a theoretical text of the subject to be addressed, practical examples extracted from clinical cases that will help the understanding and deepening of knowledge. 

This postgraduate certificate 100% online and will enable you to combine your studies while increasing your knowledge in this field"

Currently not all hospitals have genetics units, and it is foreseeable that all healthcare centers will have genetics units in the coming years. Students in this program will deepen the knowledge required to work as clinical geneticists both in the field of diagnosis and counseling in these units or to be part of multidisciplinary groups of medical services, where patients with hereditary diseases are treated.

A complete update on the basic genetics, diagnostic and prognostic aspects of the different hereditary cardiomyopathies"

General Objectives

• Knowledge of the historical evolution of knowledge in the area of genetics
• Learn the use of genetic analysis for diagnostic purposes
• Approaching cardiogenetics
• Learn about all known hereditary cancer syndromes
• Recognize genetic diseases affecting the sensory organs and know how to manage them
• Detail the molecular basis and mechanisms for the diagnosis of endocrine diseases
• Know the genetic diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous system
• Learn about genetic nephrourological diseases, such as Fabry disease or Alport Syndrome
• Addressing the different major pediatric diseases
• Review hematological, metabolic and deposit, cerebral and small vessel diseases

Specific Objectives

• Acquire knowledge about the importance of familial heart disease in the context of cardiovascular disease
• Delve into the aspects of familial heart disease: basic genetics, relevant aspects on diagnosis and prognosis of the different hereditary cardiomyopathies: hypertrophic, dilated, noncompaction and arrhythmogenic
• Delve into relevant aspects of aortic syndromes

Update your knowledge through the postgraduate certificate in Clinical Genetics in Cardiovascular Diseases ”