Competency information

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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.