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Genomics in Practice (GENE90005) // Further information
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Community Placement
Objectives:
• This placement is designed to enable students to:
• Understand the role of community agencies in the practice of genetic counselling;
• Understand and reflect on the diverse experience of families with a community agency and the complex, individual factors that influence this experience;
• Articulate the process of community referrals for families and individuals;
• Understand the complex factors that impact on family functioning, within the community;
• Reflect on individual difference in families and the responses within families to various situations;
• Reflect on and articulate the role of the genetic counsellor; and
• Observe and participate in selected interviews in a community setting.
Generic Skills:
• On completion of the placement, it is expected that students will be able to:
• Understand the role of various community agencies, and referral patterns;
• Identify the complexity of individual and family responses to disability, chronic illness and grief;
• Begin to understand the family with the society, and the impact of various factors on family and individual functioning;
• Consider the need for assessment of individual experience and the impact of this on a genetic counselling interview;
• Observe the professional practice and roles of various professionals in a community setting; and
• Understand the role of the genetic counsellor in relation to other professionals in the community. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Genetic Counselling - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022