ABSTRACT
Compounding the manpower problem is an existing deficiency in education and continuing education in human and medical genetics in medical schools. As of 1985, nearly 50% of medical schools either lacked teaching or had deficiencies in their teaching of medical genetics. The practitioners of the subspecialties of medical genetics historically have been primarily recognized professionally through other existing specialties such as pediatrics and obstetrics. With the creation of the American College of Medical Genetics, the discipline of medical genetics is organized with a format similar to that of other clinical specialties. The rapid acquisition of knowledge related to genetic disorders and the evolving technology for diagnosing those disorders will also require that continuing education programs for medical genetics laboratory personnel be developed. The College of American Pathologists Molecular Pathology Resource Committee was formed in 1989. It is the successor to an ad hoc presidential advisory committee headed by G. Glenn, M.D.
