Harvey Erin K, Stanton Susan, Garrett Jennifer, Neils-Strunjas J, Warren Nancy Steinberg
National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG), Lutherville, MD 21093, USA.
Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Jul 15;143A(14):1554-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31743.
Because speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists (AUDs) are among the first referrals for parents of children exhibiting feeding, speech, language, hearing, and balance difficulties, it is important for SLP and AUD professionals to recognize genetic causes of and contributions to complex and Mendelian communication disorders. We review genetics in the curricula of speech-language pathology and audiology programs and obstacles to its integration throughout curricula. We present suggestions about how SLPs and AUDs can aid in diagnosis and contribute their clinical expertise in characterizing phenotypes, followed with a review of a new genetics-education website developed by the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG), the University of Cincinnati, and the National Society of Genetic Counselors. The need to integrate genetics content into curricula and continuing education across disciplines is clear, as is the need for and benefit of multidisciplinary collaboration in patient care. The NCHPEG site for speech-language pathology and audiology begins to address those needs and may serve as a practical model for future multidisciplinary collaborations between genetics professionals and other health professions.
由于言语语言病理学家（SLP）和听力学家（AUD）是那些孩子出现喂养、言语、语言、听力和平衡困难的家长首先会转诊的对象，因此SLP和AUD专业人员认识到复杂和孟德尔式交流障碍的遗传原因及遗传因素的作用非常重要。我们回顾了言语语言病理学和听力学课程中的遗传学内容以及将其整合到整个课程中的障碍。我们提出了关于SLP和AUD如何协助诊断以及如何在描述表型方面贡献其临床专业知识的建议，随后回顾了由全国卫生专业人员遗传学教育联盟（NCHPEG）、辛辛那提大学和全国遗传咨询师协会开发的一个新的遗传学教育网站。将遗传学内容整合到跨学科课程和继续教育中的必要性是明确的，患者护理中多学科合作的必要性和益处也是如此。NCHPEG的言语语言病理学和听力学网站开始满足这些需求，并可能成为遗传学专业人员与其他健康专业未来多学科合作的一个实用模式。
