Competency information

Details

Critically reflect on the role of the genetic counsellor within genetic services and patient pathways through observing consultations involving an adult for the common types of referrals to a clinical genetics service.

Considerations

  • The role of the genetic counsellor within genetic services and patient pathways.
  • The range of patient pathways for an adult patient (e.g. prenatal, cancer genetics, cardio-genetic, neuromuscular, neurological, connective tissue disorders).
  • How the clinical genetic service fits within the patient pathway for an adult patient.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome Critically reflect on the roles of multidisciplinary team members and the range of genetic and genomic practice, having attended genetic and multidisciplinary clinics.