Competency information
Details
Assist in addressing ethical issues raised in three clinical appointments
Considerations
- Ethical issues that may be raised within the context of a genetic counselling appointment.
- Ethical theory vs ethical governance.
- Different frameworks for thinking about ethics (e.g. normative ethics, consequentialism, deontology, bioethics).
- Effective use of counselling supervision.
- GCRB Code of Conduct.
- HCPC and their standards of proficiency for clinical practice.
- How critical reflection about the ethical issues raised can aid in addressing the ethical issues.
- Relevant codes of ethical conduct.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 4 | Outcome Use counselling supervision and multidisciplinary meetings to work through ethical and cultural issues in genomic counselling practice. |