Competency information
Details
Communicate complex genetic test results appropriately in trainee-led consultations
Considerations
- Implications of the genetic test results for diagnosis/prognosis and reproductive options
- Communicating genetic test results in an empathic manner
- Communicating genetic test results with clarity about the boundaries of certain/uncertain information
- Communicating genetic test results taking into account patients’ current concerns, health literacy and cognitive ability
- Different modes of communication, including: verbal, letter, phone, video etc
- Emerging genomic technologies, potential outcomes, implications and uncertainties
- Single gene, panel, targeted or open whole genome approaches in these settings
- Incidental findings
Relevant learning outcomes
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Outcome
Apply communication skills to provide complex genomic test results in an empathic manner. |