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DESCRIPTION:# Overview\n\n\n* **Duration:** 6 weeks live\, 2 hours per week
 \n* **Free**\n* **Certificate of achievement** available on satisfactory c
 ompletion\n* **Start Date:** The course is run ‘live’ for 6 weeks from
  the start date above. Once this period is over there will be no live moni
 toring of the forums\, but you can still join and complete the course duri
 ng the remaining period.\n\n### Why join the course?\n\nWho are genetic co
 unsellors? Who has genetic counselling and what does a genetic counsellor 
 do? On this course\, you will find the answers to these questions whilst 
 learning about the role of genetic counselling in healthcare and the genom
 ic era.\n\nYou will discover why people seek genetic counselling and how i
 t compares in different contexts and countries. You will explore the main 
 skills and knowledge needed of a genetic counsellor\, as well as their key
  responsibilities to patients. You will also discuss the ethical issues of
  genetic counselling\, and its varied opportunities and challenges for the
  future.\n\n### Who is the course for?\n\nThis course is designed for heal
 thcare professionals\, clinicians\, biomedical research scientists\, and a
 nyone curious about genetic counselling.\n\nAlthough not required\, a basi
 c knowledge of genetics\, genetic testing technologies\, and inheritance p
 atterns would help support your learning on this course.\n\n# Programme\n\
 n### What topics will you cover?\n\n\n* Why people would see a genetic cou
 nsellor\n* Some of a genetic counsellor’s key tasks\n* A genetic counsel
 lor’s key skills and knowledge: counselling skills\, medical and scienti
 fic knowledge\n* Ethical issues in genetic counselling\n* What the future 
 might hold for genetic counsellors\n\n### What will you achieve?\n\nBy the
  end of the course\, you'll be able to...\n\n* Identify why people have ge
 netic counselling and the different contexts in which people receive genet
 ic counselling\n* Describe the different skills and knowledges needed by g
 enetic counsellors\n* Compare genetic counselling in different contexts an
 d different countries\n* Reflect on some ethical issues that arise in gene
 tic counselling\n* Discuss the role of genetic counselling in healthcare a
 s we enter the ‘genomic era'.\n\n### What software or tools do you need?
 \n\nNo specific software\, hardware or other resources are required to com
 plete the course.\n\n# Educators\n\n## Lead Educators\n\n### Anna Middleto
 n\n\nI am the Chair of the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors i
 n the UK and ROI (2018/19) and Head of Society and Ethics Research at the 
 Wellcome Genome Campus\, Connecting Science\, Cambridge\, UK\n\n### Jonath
 an Roberts\n\nI am a pre-registration genetic counsellor at Addenbrooke’
 s Hospital\, Cambridge. I am also a Staff Scientists at the Wellcome Genom
 e Campus. I conduct my research within the Society and Ethics Research gro
 up.\n\n# What's Included\n\nWellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Sc
 ientific Conferences are offering everyone who joins this course a free di
 gital upgrade\, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying o
 nline for free. This means that you get:\n\n* Unlimited access to this cou
 rse\n* Includes any articles\, videos\, peer reviews and quizzes\n* Tests 
 to validate your learning\n* A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove you
 r success when you’re eligible\n\n
SUMMARY:What is Genetic Counselling?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-ev
 ents/genetic-counselling-online-jan20/
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