Competency information

Details

Prepare for a range of clinical appointments through identifying, synthesising, organising and summarising relevant information about the genetic condition in question.

Considerations

  • For the core exemplar conditions listed above, the:
    • aetiology
    • pathophysiology
    • genetic mechanisms
    • clinical features
  • Commonly encountered medical terminology including that relevant to dysmorphology and cancer genetic histopathology.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome Plan, structure, deliver and appropriately document Genetic Counsellor consultations of a less complex nature.
# 3 Outcome Synthesise and critically analyse the literature (including clinical guidelines and pathways) to compile information on the aetiology and clinical presentation of a range of genetic and genomic disorders.