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Genetics Education for Health Professionals: A Context
Author(s) -
McInerney Joseph D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1007/s10897-007-9126-z
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , mainstream , context (archaeology) , health professionals , health care , medical genetics , public health , human genetics , genetic counseling , medicine , medical education , genetics , nursing , biology , political science , paleontology , artificial intelligence , computer science , gene , law
Education of health professionals about genetics is essential to the integration of genetics into mainstream health care, but there are a number of associated challenges. By virtue of their training, genetic counselors are well suited to address many of those challenges and to assume a variety of roles related to genetics education for health professionals. This paper provides a brief overview of the status of genetics education for non‐genetics health professionals and reviews the context in which educational efforts are likely to occur.