Search our Site

POC tool full logo 2022

Below are point of care tools to facilitate ordering first-tier genetic testing for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in each province. (updated Sept 2025)

For more on NDDs and genomics see the brief summary, GECKO on the run,  or the comprehensicve GECKO deep dive

 

  First-tier genetic testing can
be ordered by any physician in:

First-tier genetic testing can only
be ordered by a Geneticist or
Specialist (e.g. developmental
pediatrician) in:

Find a testing pathway here   pathway.jpg

 

 Province

(in alphabetical order)

Below are point of care tools to facilitate ordering first-tier genetic testing for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in each province, including requisitions to laboratories. 

POC

 Alberta

POC

 British Columbia

 POC

 Manitoba

 POC

 Maritimes

(Newbrunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)

 POC

 Newfoundland and Labrador

 POC

 Ontario

 POC

 Québec

 POC

Saskatchewan

 POC

 

Highlight: What are others reading about on GECKO

A Guide to understanding prenatal screening

A Guide to understanding prenatal screening

A resource developed for pregnant persons and their providers. Everything you wanted to know about screening from deciding whether or not have it, to results…

Read more

Latest News

The GEC-KO team will be presenting at the 2021 University of Ottawa’s Annual Refresher Course

Family history is the first genetic test.

Check out this latest study trialing an innovative strategy for collecting family history in primary care. 

Carroll et al Ann Fam Med 2025;23:399-406.

Read more