Veach Patricia McCarthy, Bartels Dianne M, LeRoy Bonnie S
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
J Genet Couns. 2002 Aug;11(4):277-80. doi: 10.1023/A:1016330532352.
In this series of papers, 17 genetic counselors describe defining moments, that is, personal experiences or events that led to a further realization of themselves as genetic counselors. These experiences, both positive and negative, describe a significant impact on the authors' professional growth and development. A call for papers was issued through the National Society of Genetic Counselors listserv and through the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2001. This call resulted in the following 15 papers in which the authors were asked to describe the nature of a defining moment and how it affected their professional identity and practice. The authors provided an account of the experience or event, what it was about the experience that made it a defining moment, how it affected them personally and professionally, and if a defining moment was negative, how they were able to derive positive outcomes. Implications of these defining moments for other genetic counselors are discussed in a concluding paper.
在这一系列论文中，17位遗传咨询师描述了决定性时刻，即促使他们进一步认识到自己作为遗传咨询师身份的个人经历或事件。这些经历，无论积极还是消极，都对作者的职业成长和发展产生了重大影响。2001年，通过美国国家遗传咨询师协会的邮件列表和《遗传咨询杂志》发布了征文通知。此次征文收到了以下15篇论文，要求作者描述决定性时刻的性质，以及它如何影响他们的职业身份和实践。作者们讲述了经历或事件的情况、使其成为决定性时刻的因素、它对个人和职业的影响，以及如果决定性时刻是负面的，他们是如何从中获得积极结果的。最后一篇论文讨论了这些决定性时刻对其他遗传咨询师的启示。
