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Learning forums
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| Genetic Counseling: Its History and Contemporary Practice | Forum (Genetic Counseling History and Contemporary Practice) | Read the required readings and answer the following guide questions. 1. What were the factors which influenced the development of genetic counseling as a profession in the United States? 2. Comparing with the situation in the Philippines, how different would you think the course of development ... |
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| Forum (From Genetic to Genomic Counseling) | Based on your readings, how do you think developments in genomics would influence the further development of genetic counseling? In which areas would be most impacted and how genetic counselors can adapt to these impacts? |
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| Genetic Counseling Models of Practice | Forum (Reciprocal Engagement Model) | To recap, the five tenets of genetic counseling based on the REM are 1.) genetic information is key; 2.) relationship is integral in genetic counseling; 3.) patient autonomy must be supported; 4.) patients are resilient; and 5.) patient emotions make a difference. If for example, you encountered... |
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| Listening to Patients and Gathering Information | Forum [Listening to Patients and Gathering Information] | In the role play video that you watched, comment on the: 1. The attending skills that the genetic counselor employed. Identify the skills that you saw and explain how these contribute to the overall counseling session. 2. The primary empathy skills that the genetic counselor employed. Identify ... |
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| Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling | Risk calculation - adult-onset condition | A family is affected with Huntington disease, an adult-onset neurologic disorder. Fifty percent (50%) of people who inherit the HD gene show some symptoms of HD by the age of 50. Mary is 50 and asymptomatic, but her father died of HD. What is the probability that Mary’s son, Bob, inherited the HD... |
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| Risk calculation - autosomal recessive condition (Pompe Disease) | Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive condition with an incidence of 1/40,000. Based on this, calculate the population carrier frequency and calculate the risk for the healthy sibling of an affected individual to have a child with Pompe disease. Note healthy sibling’s partner is healthy and has... |
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| Risk calculation - de novo mutation | A couple has a child with achondroplasia. Both parents have normal height and clinically normal and neither has a family history of achondroplasia. What is the probable explanation for achondroplasia in their child? What is the risk of recurrence in other children of this couple? If the husband ... |
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| Risk calculation - autosomal recessive condition (Cystic Fibrosis) | Jane and Peter have two healthy children but Jane’s sister has a child recently diagnosed with CF. Peter has no family history of CF. What is the chance that Jane and Peter’s next child will have CF? Both of them are of Caucasian ancestry. |
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| The Genetic Counseling Session | Structuring a Genetic Counseling Session | Watch this genetic counseling role play scenario and answer the following questions: 1. How did the genetic counselor initiate and set contract for this genetic counseling session? What was her approach? 2. What do you think is the goal of this session? How does the genetic counseling goal/s ... |
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