Department of Pediatrics, SOM 2C454, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2018 Mar;178(1):54-62. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31601. Epub 2018 Mar 7.
Growth of the profession of genetic counseling has gone hand-in-hand with professional development of individual genetic counselors. Genetic counseling has achieved most of the typical early milestones in the development of a profession. The profession is maturing at a time when the number of practitioners is predicted to vastly expand. The last two decades have seen a proliferation of genetic counselor roles and practice areas, and a distinct professional identity. It is likely that the next two decades will see an increase in educational paths, practice areas, and possibilities for professional advancement. How this maturation proceeds will be impacted by overall trends in healthcare, decisions made by international genetic counseling organizations, and thousands of individual decisions about career trajectories.
遗传咨询专业的发展与个体遗传咨询师的专业发展齐头并进。遗传咨询已经取得了一个专业发展的大多数典型早期里程碑。该专业正在走向成熟，预计从业者人数将大幅增加。在过去的二十年中，遗传咨询师的角色和实践领域大量增加，专业身份也更加明确。未来二十年，教育途径、实践领域和职业发展的可能性很可能会增加。这种成熟将受到医疗保健的总体趋势、国际遗传咨询组织做出的决策以及数千个关于职业轨迹的个人决策的影响。
