Competency information
Details
Critical reflection about own attitudes, beliefs and values in relation to disability and culture and how this could influence practice.
Considerations
- How to provide genetic counselling appropriately to patients from a diversity of social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
- The role of the genetic counsellor and other health professionals, e.g. interpreters in providing genetic counselling appropriately to patients from a diversity of social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Lead on establishing the patient agenda and psychosocial needs in complex genetic and genomic counselling consultations, under the supervision of an experienced Genetic Counsellor (GCRB Registered Genetic Counsellor) |
| # 2 | Outcome Facilitate complex decision making during genetic and genomic counselling consultations. |
| # 3 | Outcome Communicate genetic test results in an empathic manner. |
| # 4 | Outcome Use counselling supervision and multidisciplinary meetings to work through ethical and cultural issues in genomic counselling practice. |