Preparing for Genetic Counseling Practice

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with a practical foundation in preparing for clinical participation in various practice areas. This hands-on course will build on and mirror the didactic content learned from GENE 528 : Principles of Genetic Counseling and GENE 529 : Psychosocial Genetic Counseling and will serve as an applied course. Students will have the opportunity to practice empathy and listening skills, patient education, and counseling techniques through patient role plays. In addition, students will attempt practical skills such as chart review, interpretation of screening and testing reports, pedigree risk assessments, online risk models, simulated coordination of testing, application of practice guidelines in a clinical context, completion of requisition forms, and identification of genetic testing options based on insurance considerations. This practice-based exploration of clinical genetic counseling will be a safe space to practice counseling skills and will equip students to participate in patient care on clinical rotations. Coreq: GENE 528 or GENE 529 .