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Implementation Of A Patient Decision Aid To Facilitate The Selection Of A Pre-Test Genetic Counseling Model, Taylor Berry, Valerie Schimmenti, Magan Trottier
Implementation Of A Patient Decision Aid To Facilitate The Selection Of A Pre-Test Genetic Counseling Model, Taylor Berry, Valerie Schimmenti, Magan Trottier
Human Genetics Theses
Genetic testing is being increasingly offered to patients that have a personal or family history of cancer. This has led to a higher demand of patients needing to meet with genetic counselors (GCs) for pre-test counseling and education, which has led to increased wait times for appointments. In order to ameliorate the long wait times patients now face, alternatives such as providing patient education through a series of online educational materials are now being offered. Patient decision aids (PtDAs) are tools created by a team of healthcare professionals that assist patients in making important decisions regarding their healthcare. For this …
Script Concordance Testing In Genetic Counseling Training: A Pilot Study, Yakira Begun, Lila Rae Stange
Script Concordance Testing In Genetic Counseling Training: A Pilot Study, Yakira Begun, Lila Rae Stange
Human Genetics Theses
Clinical decision-making has been successfully measured by script concordance testing in various healthcare training programs; it has never been used in genetic counseling education. The aim of this pilot study was to assess script concordance testing in the field of genetic counseling as an objective measure of clinical reasoning in trainees. The script concordance test was administered to 22 second year genetic counseling students in the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College. 12 genetic counselors served on a panel to provide expert judgment responses, and a scoring grid was developed using the Aggregate Scores …