Online Individual Competency Assessment                         

BRCA and HRR gene variant Competency Assessment (run 9) has now closed. 

 

Registration details for Run 10 will be available here in early 2023.  Run 10 will provide assessment of competency to classify BRCA1, BRCA2 and other HRR gene variants.

 

 

Information for participants:

• Once registered for Run 10, all participants will receive:

    1)  Full instructions for Run 10

  2) Registration details for educational webinars. Webinars for previous assessments are freely available on the GenQA YouTube channel.

• All individuals who classify the pathogenicity of BRCA and other HRR gene variants are eligible to take part.  

• There is no fee to participate

• Secure website access to GTACT (GenQA Genomics Training and Competence Assessment Tool) will be provided. 

• Participants submit their classification and evidence for 6 variants.

• Please use ACMG Variant Classification guidelines (Richards et al., 2015).  BRCA/HRR variants are classified by our experts using ACMG guidelines (encompassing  the subsequent recommended ClinGen SVI updates - https://clinicalgenome.org/working-groups/sequence-variant-interpretation/.

• In addition, any differences in classification arising from use of the:
  • ACGS 2020 https://www.acgs.uk.com/media/11631/uk-practice-guidelines-for-variant-classification-v4-01-2020.pdf and 
  • CanVIG-UK guidelines for Cancer Susceptibility Genes https://www.cangene-canvaruk.org/canvig-uk are accepted.

 

On completion of the assessment:

All participants will receive the following:

• Individual report which summarises their classification
• Summary report to enable benchmarking against the expert predicted classifications
• Certificate of participation

 

This resource is delivered using the GenQA 'Genomics, Training, Assessment and Competency Tool' (GTACT).

 

Details for Run 10 will be released in early 2023.