GeneDx, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2018 Mar;178(1):46-53. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31606.
The skill sets of genetic counselors are strongly utilized in industry, as evidenced by 20% of genetic counselors reporting employment within industry in 2016. In addition, industry genetic counselors are expanding their roles, taking on new responsibilities, and creating new opportunities. These advances have impacted the profession as a whole including, but not limited to, genetic counseling training curricula, a shift back to genetic counseling directly to patients, and a growing influence of genetic counselors on industry test offerings. Industry genetic counselors and training programs are working together to address the challenges and opportunities presented by workforce changes and novel interpretations of how genetic counselors' core competencies can be utilized. Counseling of patients by industry genetic counselors has become more commonplace and addresses a need for alternate service delivery models. Industry genetic counselors often provide significant contributions to test development, education, marketing, and interpretation. Beyond these broad examples, individual industry genetic counselors have created unique niches for themselves, using their genetic counseling training combined with unique opportunities offered through industry, as illustrated by genetic counselors' various roles and responsibilities highlighted here.
遗传咨询师的技能在行业中得到了广泛应用，2016 年有 20%的遗传咨询师报告在行业内就业，这证明了这一点。此外，行业遗传咨询师正在扩大他们的角色，承担新的责任，并创造新的机会。这些进展影响了整个专业，包括但不限于遗传咨询培训课程、重新将遗传咨询直接提供给患者，以及遗传咨询师对行业测试产品的影响力不断增强。行业遗传咨询师和培训项目正在共同努力，应对劳动力变化带来的挑战和机遇，以及对遗传咨询师核心能力如何得到利用的新的诠释。行业遗传咨询师对患者的咨询已经变得更加普遍，满足了对替代服务交付模式的需求。行业遗传咨询师经常为测试开发、教育、营销和解释做出重大贡献。除了这些广泛的例子之外，个别行业遗传咨询师还利用自己的遗传咨询培训和行业提供的独特机会，为自己创造了独特的利基市场，如这里突出显示的遗传咨询师的各种角色和职责所示。
