Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Wellcome Sanger Institute and Wellcome Genome Campus Society and Ethics Research
This course covered: historical reasons as to why genetic counselling exists and reasons for having genetic counselling demonstrated through patient case studies; explored the main skills, knowledge, and key responsibilities to patients that genetic counsellors need; shared the perspectives of international genetic counsellors; discussed some of the ethical issues of genetic counselling and speculated about the future of the genetic counselling profession.
6 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Rebecca Twells
Head of Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Dr Anna Middleton
Head of Society and Ethics Research (Chair of the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC))
Wellcome Genome Campus Society and Ethics Research
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify why people have genetic counselling and the different contexts in which people receive genetic counselling
- Describe the different skills and knowledge needed by genetic counsellors
- Compare genetic counselling in different contexts and different countries
- Reflect on some ethical issues that arise in genetic counselling
- Discuss the role of genetic counselling in healthcare as we enter the ‘genomic era'
Syllabus
- Why people would see a genetic counsellor
- Some of a genetic counsellor’s key tasks
- A genetic counsellor’s key skills and knowledge: counselling skills, medical and scientific knowledge
- Ethical issues in genetic counselling
- What the future might hold for genetic counsellors
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Issued on 19th October 2019
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