Genetic Counselors' and Genetic Counseling Students' Attitudes Around the Clinical Doctorate and Other Advanced Educational Options for Genetic Counselors: A Report from the Genetic Counseling Advanced Degree Task Force

被引：12

作者：

Nagy, Rebecca ^{[1
]}

Peay, Holly ^{[2
]}

Hicks, Melissa ^{[3
]}

Kloos, Jacqueline ^{[1
]}

Westman, Rachel ^{[4
]}

Conway, Laura ^{[5
]}

Finucane, Brenda ^{[6
]}

Fitzpatrick, Jennifer ^{[7
]}

Gordon, Erynn ^{[8
]}

Ramos, Erica ^{[9
]}

Sekhon-Warren, Jaspreet ^{[10
]}

Silver, Josh ^{[11
,12
]}

Walton, Carol ^{[13
]}

Reiser, Catherine ^{[14
]}

机构：

[1] Ohio State Univ, Wexner Med Ctr, James Canc Hosp Columbus, Div Human Genet, Columbus, OH 43240 USA

[2] Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Hackensack, Hackensack, NJ USA

[3] Childrens Hosp Michigan, Div Genet & Metab Disorders, Detroit, MI 48201 USA

[4] St Lukes Childrens Hosp, Boise, ID USA

[5] Arcadia Univ, Genet Counseling Program, Glenside, PA USA

[6] Geisinger Hlth Syst, Lewisburg, PA USA

[7] McGill Univ Montreal, Dept Human Genet, Montreal, PQ, Canada

[8] Invitae, San Francisco, CA USA

[9] Illumina Inc, Clin Serv Lab, San Diego, CA USA

[10] British Columbia Childrens & Womens Hosp, Vancouver, BC, Canada

[11] Univ Hlth Network, Fred A Litwin Ctr Genet Med, Toronto, ON, Canada

[12] Mt Sinai Hosp, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada

[13] Univ Colorado, Grad Program Genet Counseling, Aurora, CO USA

[14] Univ Wisconsin, Genet Counseling Grad Program, Madison, WI USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GENETIC COUNSELING | 2015年 / 24卷 / 04期

关键词：

Genetic counseling; Clinical doctorate; Advanced degree; Attitudes; Professional development;

D O I：

10.1007/s10897-014-9785-5

中图分类号：

Q3 [遗传学];

学科分类号：

071007 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

Since its establishment over 40 years ago, the genetic counseling profession has grown to an estimated 4,000 professionals in North America. While the profession has maintained the Master's degree as the entry-level and terminal degree, many other allied health professions have added advanced training pathways, such as the clinical doctorate (ClinD) either as an optional post-professional degree or required entry-level degree. Discussions regarding advanced degrees have also occurred within the genetic counseling profession, dating back to as early as the 1980s. In 2011, the Genetic Counseling Advanced Degree Task Force (GCADTF) was convened to explore the issue again, with the goal of "[engaging] all of the professional leadership organizations in the field of genetic counseling in a decision-making process about whether the profession should move to a Clinical Doctorate". As part of their work, the GCADTF surveyed practicing genetic counselors (n = 4,321) and genetic counseling students (n = 522) in the US and Canada regarding their interest in moving to the ClinD as the entry-level degree. This survey also included questions about other options for advanced training to generate data to inform future discussions around this very important professional issue. Herein, we describe the results of the survey, with particular attention to genetic counselor preferences for additional advanced education/certification opportunities and recommendations for future discussion.

引用

页码：626 / 634

页数：9

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