Veach Patricia McCarthy, Bartels Dianne M, Leroy Bonnie S
Department of Educational Psychology, 206 Burton Hall, University of Minnesota, 178 Pillsbury Dr., SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
J Genet Couns. 2007 Dec;16(6):713-28. doi: 10.1007/s10897-007-9113-4. Epub 2007 Oct 13.
As genetic health care and genetic testing expand from primarily addressing conditions that are exclusively genetic in nature to common diseases with both genetic and environmental components, the scope of genetic counseling has grown. Identification and utilization of a normative model of practice defined by members of the profession is critical as genetic services become more commonplace in medical care. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a consensus conference convened to define a model of genetic counseling practice based on the guidance of educators and leaders in the profession. Twenty-three program directors or their representatives from 20 genetic counseling graduate programs in North America listened to presentations and participated in group discussions aimed at determining the elements of a model of practice, including tenets, goals, strategies, and behaviors for addressing patients' genetic concerns. Their discussion is summarized, training implications and research recommendations are presented, and a model of practice that extends their ideas is proposed.
随着基因医疗保健和基因检测的范围从主要针对本质上完全是遗传性的疾病扩展到涵盖具有遗传和环境因素的常见疾病，遗传咨询的范围也有所扩大。随着基因服务在医疗保健中变得越来越普遍，确定并采用由该专业成员定义的规范实践模式至关重要。本文旨在描述一次共识会议的结果，该会议旨在根据该专业的教育工作者和领导者的指导意见来定义一种遗传咨询实践模式。来自北美的20个遗传咨询研究生项目的23名项目主任或其代表听取了报告，并参与了小组讨论，目的是确定一种实践模式的要素，包括处理患者基因问题的原则、目标、策略和行为。总结了他们的讨论内容，提出了培训方面的启示和研究建议，并提出了一个扩展他们想法的实践模式。
