Medical Genetics Residency Curriculum Clinical Training Faculty Contact Us Curriculum Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Pediatrics: Home Pediatrics: Education & Training Pediatrics: Education & Training > Residency Programs Pediatrics: Education & Training > Residency Programs > Medical Genetics Residency Pediatrics: Education & Training > Residency Programs > Medical Genetics Residency > Curriculum Training in Medical Genetics & Genomics There are two options for training in medical genetics and genomics: a two-year categorical residency track and a four-year combined program in pediatrics/medical (clinical) genetics and genomics. More information about the two tracks can be found on our program's home page. As part of the program's curriculum, residents participate in weekly clinical patient conferences, monthly Journal Club, research conferences and a strong didactic program involving a number of formal courses that are taken together with our genetic counseling graduate students. The didactic courses cover basic and clinical aspects of medical genetics, including: Mendelian, mitochondrial and nontraditional genetics Multifactorial and polygenic conditions Clinical genetics and congenital anomalies Syndrome identification and dysmorphology Cytogenetics/cytogenomics Metabolic genetics Molecular genetics and bioinformatics Cancer genetics Prenatal/reproductive genetics Teratology Bioinformatics Applications and interpretation of genetic/genomic laboratory testing Quantitative genetics/genetic epidemiology Genetic screening Genetic counseling Social, legal and ethical aspects of medical genetics and genomics Research Both programs require a quality improvement project and at least one original paper related to genetics submitted for conference presentation or journal publication.