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Sarah Lawrence College has pioneered a masters program to train Genetic Associates. The Genetic Associate is a new category of allied health professional in clinical genetics. Trained to offer coordinative and supportive care to the patient with potential or actual genetic disease, Genetic Associates are potential providers of unmet health needs in the developing field of human genetics. There are 56 graduates of this program employed in 12 states and one foreign country. This paper describes the curriculum, the students, and a preliminary evaluation of Genetic Associates' performance as members of the health care team.
莎拉劳伦斯学院率先开设了一个硕士项目,以培养基因助理。基因助理是临床遗传学领域中一类新兴的联合健康专业人员。他们经过培训,能够为患有潜在或实际遗传病的患者提供协调和支持性护理,在人类遗传学这一发展中的领域,基因助理有可能满足尚未得到满足的健康需求。该项目有56名毕业生,他们受雇于12个州和一个外国。本文描述了该项目的课程、学生情况,以及对基因助理作为医疗团队成员的表现进行的初步评估。