Abstract
A report from the Royal College of Physicians of London shows support from a wide range of specialties for the teaching of a core curriculum and basic skills in clinical genetics. However, there is a marked variation in the hours timetabled for clinical genetics, averaging 20 in the preclinical and six in the clinical section.
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