The European Society
of Human Genetics

Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe

Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe

The Core Competences in Genetics for Health Professionals were developed as part of the EuroGentest Project and were adopted by the Education Committee of the ESHG in 2008.  They were developed to enable national societies for health professionals to use them as a basis to guide curricula and new initiatives in professional education.

Please feel free to download the documents and use them for your own professional purposes.  

1. The Executive Summary
2. Background document
3. Suggested core competences for health professionals who are generalists or specialising in a field other than genetics
4. Suggested core competences for genetic specialists