Graduates
Genetic Counseling M.S. Learning Outcomes
PLO1: Core Knowledge
- Demonstrate knowledge of the central concepts of medical genetics
- Understand current concepts in genetic counseling
- Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge to new clinical situations
PLO2: Research Methods and Analysis
- Demonstrate ability to critically review current research and appropriately incorporate this into clinical practice
- Able to introduce research options and issues to clients and families
- Able to formulate hypotheses based on current concepts in the field, and understand how to design, conduct and interpret a research project to test an hypothesis
- Understand and follow research ethics
PLO3: Counseling Skills
- Develop skills to establish rapport, identify major concerns, and assess verbal and non-verbal cues
- Use a wide range of interviewing techniques to elicit individual and family experiences, emotions, perceptions, behaviors and attitudes
- Engage clients in an exploration of their responses to risks and options, and respond to emerging issues for a client or family
- Assess client understanding and response to information and adjust content of session appropriately
- Promote client decision-making in an unbiased, non-coercive manner, and provide short-term, client-centered counseling and psychological support
PLO4: Clinical and Scholarly Communication
- Review and discuss relevant literature and its significance
- Publish research results in a master’s thesis and in peer-reviewed publications
- Communicate clinical cases and research results effectively through oral presentations at clinical conferences, scientific seminars, and other venues
- Make clear and cogent oral presentations, including effective use of technology
- Develop skill to teach at the lay level, for undergraduate students and other formal learners, peer education, as well as one-on-one mentoring and supervision skills
PLO5: Professionalism
- Able to act in accordance with the ethical, legal and philosophical principles and values of the profession
- Able to establish and maintain interdisciplinary professional relationships to function as part of a health-care delivery team
- Recognize own limitations in knowledge and capabilities regarding medical, psychosocial, and ethno-cultural issues, and seeks consultation when needed
- Demonstrate initiative for continued professional growth
PLO6: Independent Research
- Develop own master’s-level research project that addresses an important intellectual problem, meets high standards of rigor and constitutes an original contribution to the field
- Clearly communicate own research findings in written and spoken formats
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