Ms. Kennedy BIOL 206d Genetic Counseling Journal Club Noncredit. Informal biweekly meeting of students and faculty at which recent papers are discussed. Usually offered every year. Case Conferences and Family Counseling Taught by a team of health care professionals. Case studies provide the basis for discussion of a variety of genetic disorders and the application of counseling modalities.
Students have an opportunity to share experiences gained during clinical internships.
Discussions emphasize the interplay of medical, psychological, ethical, legal, social, and cultural factors in genetic counseling. Usually offered every year. Part II To begin preparing for clinical genetics internships, students participate in a variety of experiences that serve to foster and integrate the concepts introduced in courses and presentations. In addition, students continue observations in a genetics clinic and meet several times with a family with a child with a disability. I Starting in the summer and continuing through the fall semester, students work two to three days a week under the supervision of a genetic counselor or clinical geneticist in a prenatal, pediatric, general, cancer, or specialty genetics clinic.