Building on the first session, this webinar dives deeper into the practical lessons that can accelerate professional growth and confidence. Participants will explore frameworks and mindsets that leverage shared experiences to inform career decisions and strengthen key skills and competencies. The session will examine common triggers for imposter syndrome and offer strategies to mitigate its impact on performance and well-being. Attendees will practice techniques to build resilience, self-efficacy, and supportive professional environments, while also gaining insight into the evolving roles of genetic counselors in industry and how to navigate transitions between clinical and non-clinical settings. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Late Career SIG
Wendy Uhlmann, MS, CGC
Sarah Noblin, MS, CGC
Mary Frievogel, MS, CGC 

Date: January 29, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Develop methods, frameworks, and a mindset to leverage the shared experiences of others in making better career decisions and enhancing skills, knowledge, and competencies essential to accelerate professional development.
2. Analyze common triggers that exacerbate feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt and how imposter syndrome affects performance, productivity, and well-being
3. Practice techniques for building self-efficacy, resilience, perseverance, and a supportive environment through setting and achieving realistic goals
4. Explore the roles, responsibilities, and core competencies of genetic counselors in industry, how their day-to-day tasks, goals, and outcomes differ from those of clinical genetic counselors, and how to transition between these work settings The 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Little Things Matter: Things I wish I had known early in my career part 2. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

This presentation will provide an update for all genetics counselors on neurogenetic conditions that they might encounter in their clinics. It will include updates on familiar disorders, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This presentation will also introduce the audience to newer disorders, such as Spinocerebellar ataxia type 27B. The presentation will also remind viewers of recent webinars presented by the Neurogenetics SIG and the important takeaways from those presentations. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Neurogenetics SIG
Chelsea Chambers, MS CGC 

Date: March 3, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Recognize the latest recommendations for familiar neurogenetic disorders.
2. Identify important concepts to discuss with patients if they are present to your clinic.
3. Summarize important take-aways from previous NSGC webinars organized by the Neuro SIG.
4. Recognize more newly discovered neurogenetic disorders that might be seen in various clinical settings. 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for What Genetic Counselors Need to Know About Neurogenetic Diseases. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

Diagnosis - it's not a point in time for parents; it's a journey involving myriad medical specialists and requiring on-going support for the family's psycho-social and emotional needs. Caring in the face of medical complexity requires compassion and understanding of the emotional landscape of parents. In this session, two parents -- representing a pre-natal and post-natal diagnosis -- will highlight the benefits to the family's well-being of a strong partnership between genetic counseling and pediatric palliative care. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Inpatient SIG
Jennifer Siedman M.Ed
Lindsey Topping Schultz 

Date: March 19, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Consider inflection points beyond the diagnosis where continued support of a genetic counselor could improve the well-being of the family.
2. Realize the spectrum of psycho-social and emotional issues that parents of seriously ill children confront.
3. Understand the role of pediatric palliative care to support families of seriously ill children.
4. Identify ways that Courageous Parents Network can be used to support families, including helping them understand the role of genetic counseling 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Compassion in Complexity: Equipping Parents to Navigate and Genetic Diagnosis. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

There is widespread interest in and uptake of qualitative forms of inquiry across healthcare professions, including genetic counselling. Despite this, there are limited qualitative research training opportunities and much of the work being produced may not reach the quality threshold needed to be useful for informing evidence-based practice. Methodological coherence is a tool that can be used to enhance quality. It is defined as the alignment of the major elements of a research study (e.g. research question, methods/methodology, presentation of results) with the philosophical assumptions underpinning the research. This webinar will cover topics to enhance awareness of methodological coherence when reading, taking up qualitative research findings as an end-user, appraising qualitative research as a reviewer, and as researchers planning, conducting, and supervising qualitative research. By improving understanding of qualitative research paradigms and methodological coherence and providing strategies for ensuring coherence, this webinar will prepare attendees to engage in meaningful and rigorous qualitative inquiry.

Presented by: 
1. Dr. Tasha Wainstein, PhD, MSc (Med), CCGC

Date: April 2, 2025  

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the key philosophical underpinnings of qualitative research (i.e., ontology, epistemology, axiology, methodology) and their utility in guiding the conduct of genetic counselling research
2. Compare the major qualitative research paradigms (i.e., positivism, constructivism, critical theory, pragmatism) and their implications for knowledge generation in genetic counselling research
3. Describe important considerations involved in choosing a methodological approach for qualitative genetic counselling research
4. Appraise the quality and rigor of qualitative genetic counselling research using methodological coherence 

Continuing Education Unit Approval:

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for From Paradigms to Practice: Methodological Coherence in Qualitative Genetic Counseling Research. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion:
1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

Join us as we discuss how the FDA's Final Rule on Laboratory--Developed Tests (LDTs) could shape the genetic testing industry and genetic counseling practice. We will cover the current state of regulation of laboratory tests including FDA authorization, CLIA certification, and CAP accreditation before exploring the details of the Final Rule, its historical context, and its implications for labs, clinicians, and patients. With ongoing litigation, advocacy, and political influences at play, this session will provide a timely overview of the evolving landscape of LDT regulation. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Lab and Industry SIG
Emily Dalton, MS, CGC
Jennifer (Jen) Leib, Sc.M., C.G.C. 

Date: April 16, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Define the difference between an LDT and FDA-approved IVD and provide examples of each.
2. Explore the regulatory landscape of laboratory testing and different entities involved.
3. Understand how the Final Rule on LDTs changes the definition of medical device, how the FDA will phase out its practice of enforcement discretion, and ongoing advocacy efforts to rescind the rule.
4. Identify the challenges and opportunities this regulatory change creates for genetic counselors. 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Regulatory Shifts: How The FDAs Final Rule Could Shape Lab Developed Genetic Tests and Genetic Counseling Practice. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

The purpose of this webinar is provide genetic counselor with concrete tips and tools for collaborating with medical interpreters at their institutions in order to improve medical interpretation in genetics visits. A former medical interpreter, turned genetic counselor (Betty Diaz) will share insight into what it's like to interpret for genetic counseling sessions and ways that genetic counselors can work with interpreters within the session. Ernesto Montes and Megan Yabumoto will share their experience developing genetics training for medical interpreters at Seattle Children's Hospital and turning this training into a continuing education module for the Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society. All speakers will share information on resources for medical interpreters who would like to improve their genetics interpretation skills. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Spanish SIG
Betty Diaz, MS
Megan Yabumoto, MS, CGC
Ernesto Montes, MS 

Date: April 30, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Evaluate the critical role of healthcare interpreters/translators in bridging the communication gap between patients with limited English proficiency and healthcare providers in the complex field of genetics.
2. Identify potential gaps in knowledge among healthcare interpreters/translators who collaborate with genetic counselors.
3. Illustrate methods for designing educational materials that are tailored to the needs of healthcare interpreters/translators to enhance client-genetic counselor-healthcare interpreter interactions at one institution.
4. Review strategies for navigating a genetic counseling session with an interpreter and discuss tips for fostering collaboration between GCs and Interpreters. 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Say What?!? How to Collaborate with Medical Interpreters to Improve Genetic Counseling Interpretation. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

This webinar will explore the clinical and counseling considerations surrounding genetic testing for nonsyndromic causes of infertility and IVF failure within a broader framework of equitable, context-specific genomic care. Participants will review the phenotypic presentations associated with monogenic causes of infertility and examine the benefits, risks, and limitations of available clinical genetic testing options. The session will emphasize the critical role of comprehensive pre- and post-test genetic counseling in supporting informed decision-making and patient-centered care. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to integrate social determinants of health into counseling discussions to better address individual values, access barriers, and reproductive goals. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Primary Care SIG
Hannah Wand, MS, CGC
Sharon Githongo, MS, MPH 

Date: May 14, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Understand the role of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
2. Recognize how Social Determinants of Health contribute to the challenges of the diagnostic journey.
3. Explore solutions for equitable genetic healthcare.
4. Describe how social determinants of health impact access to genetic counseling. 
5. Understand the role of social determinants of health in health decision-making. 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Social Determinants of Health: A Framework for Delivering Equitable and Context-Specific Genomic Care. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

Over the past decade, a significant number of genes related to infertility have been discovered. But for the 1 in 6 people of reproductive age who experience infertility and/or pregnancy loss these discoveries haven't become a routine part of their clinical care. In this session we will discuss whether it's time for that to change, and review the infertility phenotypes associated with novel gene discoveries while highlighting a few key genes of interest. Finally, we will emphasize the important role genetic counselors play if clinicians are considering testing for these genes, and emphasize crucial counseling components for pre- and post-test genetic counseling sessions. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Assisted Reproductive Technologies/Infertility SIG
Meaghan Doyle, MS, CGC 

Date: May 28, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Summarize the non-syndromic phenotypes associated with monogenic causes of infertility and IVF failure
2. Argue for the importance of pre- and post-test genetic counseling when considering genetic testing for infertility and IVF failure
3. Identify critical counseling components for pre- and post-test genetic counseling sessions involving genetic testing for infertility.
4. Evaluate the benefits, risks, and limitations of clinical genetic testing for nonsyndromic causes of infertility and IVF failure. 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Seeking Answers, Seeking Hope: Genetic counseling and testing for monogenic causes of infertility and IVF failure. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

In 2020, a major laboratory upgraded the CDKN2A c.146T>C (p.I49T) variant to variant to “likely pathogenic” (LP). This prompted reevaluation of internal data and consultation with other major laboratories regarding their current classifications of the variant to determine how to appropriately provide cancer screening recommendations for individuals with this variant, as well as their families. It became clear there was still a discrepancy in classification and further evaluation was needed to clarify the significance of this CDKN2A variant. To help inform the cancer phenotype of this variant, a collaboration was formed between the Cancer Genetics groups from Stanford, UCLA, UCSF, USC, and UT Southwestern - centers that serve a significant number of patients who are Hispanic/Latino, especially those of Mexican ancestry. We will review the primary findings from this research collaboration as well highlight psychosocial issues, insurance considerations, importance of anticipatory guidance surrounding secondary findings, and the complexities of counseling about a variant with discrepant classifications and limited phenotype data by using case examples. We hope this brings awareness to the ongoing complexities and nuances of managing patients' care with the CDKN2A p.I49T variant, as well as the role of a genetic counselor in navigating uncertainty. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Cancer SIG Antiracism Subcommittee
Ashlie Browning, MS, CGC
Charité Ricker, MS, CGC
Daisy Hernandez, MS, CGC 

Date: June 11, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Review the status of discordant classifications of the CDKN2A I49T variant (2020-current).
2. Highlight the primary goal of a collaborative research effort and summarize our main findings.
3. Illustrate case examples and identify common counseling challenges associated with CDKN2A I49T.
4. Discuss the psychosocial challenges CDKN2A I49T may have on Hispanic/Latino (H/L) patient populations 

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for CDKN2A p.I49T – to screen or not to screen?. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation

This webinar will cover recent research on what motivates genetic counselors to remain in their positions, emphasizing the role of generational differences—an important consideration as the field faces a projected workforce shortage by 2030. Insights suggest that retention strategies may be more effective when they are tailored to counselors' generational age, personal motivations, and specific work environments, rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. 

Presented by: 

NSGC Leadership & Management SIG
Jade Frye, MS 

Date: June 25, 2025 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify the top factors influencing retention among patient-facing genetic counselors.
2. Compare the key factors influencing their decision to stay in their current positions with those identified in this study.
3. Analyze how retention factors differ by generational age group (e.g., Generation X vs. other generations) among genetic counselors.
4. Compare how work setting types (e.g., industry, academic centers, non-hospital clinics) impact the prioritization of different retention factors

Continuing Education Unit Approval: 

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) to offer up to 1 Category 1 contact hours for Factors Influencing Retention of Patient-Facing Genetic Counselors: Role of Generational Age and Work Environment. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor certification and recertification. 

Successful Completion: 

1. View recording
2. Pass quiz
3. Complete evaluation