Much learning is by doing rather than reading. Graduates have always had the quantity and variety of cases required to apply for the ABGC board examination. The first quarter consists of classes, participation in section activities such as patient review and journal club, role-playing, and observation of genetic counseling cases.
Students are always supervised while counseling patients.
Students perform prenatal genetic counseling regarding amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, ultrasound abnormalities, abnormal maternal serum screening results, and family history indications. Cancer genetics counseling at Prentice. Students learn to elicit comprehensive cancer family histories, perform cancer risk assessment, and counsel patients regarding cancer family history. General genetics counseling at Prentice. Students perform genetic counseling for family history indications such as relatives with Down syndrome, multiple miscarriages, or specific genetic diseases.