Clinical Internship

Catalog description

The clinical internships during the second year consist of four clinical placements in genetics clinics. Students will have a minimum of 20 days in each specialty. This experiential course will expose genetic counseling students to the genetic counselors' role in different clinical settings and to the broad range of diagnoses and methods of effectively managing patient care. Clinical supervision is provided in a supportive environment that permits skill building as students take on more roles throughout the course of the year. Students will have exposure to cases representing the wide range of diagnoses and indications seen in a clinical genetics practice and will collect at least 50 participatory encounters to satisfy the ACGC requirement. Certified genetic counselors will supervise all students for cases to be acceptable for the core case log book. Students will log each case for program review, including self-reflection about their performance. All students will be evaluated by their clinical supervisors and will prepare case analyses for the program leadership to review. The course is required for all second-year students.