caa a22 4500 605544697 CHVBK 20210128100932.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10897-014-9785-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10897-014-9785-5 Genetic Counselors' and Genetic Counseling Students' Attitudes Around the Clinical Doctorate and Other Advanced Educational Options for Genetic Counselors: A Report from the Genetic Counseling Advanced Degree Task Force [Elektronische Daten] [Rebecca Nagy, Holly Peay, Melissa Hicks, Jacqueline Kloos, Rachel Westman, Laura Conway, Brenda Finucane, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Erynn Gordon, Erica Ramos, Jaspreet Sekhon-Warren, Josh Silver, Carol Walton, Catherine Reiser] Since its establishment over 40years ago, the genetic counseling profession has grown to an estimated ~4,000 professionals in North America. While the profession has maintained the Master's degree as the entry-level and terminal degree, many other allied health professions have added advanced training pathways, such as the clinical doctorate (ClinD) either as an optional post-professional degree or required entry-level degree. Discussions regarding advanced degrees have also occurred within the genetic counseling profession, dating back to as early as the 1980s. In 2011, the Genetic Counseling Advanced Degree Task Force (GCADTF) was convened to explore the issue again, with the goal of "[engaging] all of the professional leadership organizations in the field of genetic counseling in a decision-making process about whether the profession should move to a Clinical Doctorate”. As part of their work, the GCADTF surveyed practicing genetic counselors (n = 4,321) and genetic counseling students (n = 522) in the US and Canada regarding their interest in moving to the ClinD as the entry-level degree. This survey also included questions about other options for advanced training to generate data to inform future discussions around this very important professional issue. Herein, we describe the results of the survey, with particular attention to genetic counselor preferences for additional advanced education/certification opportunities and recommendations for future discussion. National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., 2014 Genetic counseling nationallicence Clinical doctorate nationallicence Advanced degree nationallicence Attitudes nationallicence Professional development nationallicence Nagy Rebecca Division of Human Genetics, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/James Cancer Hospital Columbus, 2001 Polaris Parkway, 43240, Columbus, OH, USA aut Peay Holly Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Hackensack, Hackensack, NJ, USA aut Hicks Melissa Division of Genetic & Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA aut Kloos Jacqueline Division of Human Genetics, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/James Cancer Hospital Columbus, 2001 Polaris Parkway, 43240, Columbus, OH, USA aut Westman Rachel St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, ID, USA aut Conway Laura Genetic Counseling Program, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA aut Finucane Brenda Geisinger Health System, Lewisburg, Lewisburg, PA, USA aut Fitzpatrick Jennifer Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada aut Gordon Erynn Invitae, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Ramos Erica Clinical Services Laboratory, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA aut Sekhon-Warren Jaspreet British Columbia Children's and Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada aut Silver Josh Fred A. Litwin Centre in Genetic Medicine, University Health Network & Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada aut Walton Carol Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA aut Reiser Catherine Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2015-08-01), 626-634 1059-7700 24:4<626 2015 24 10897 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9785-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9785-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nagy Rebecca Division of Human Genetics, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/James Cancer Hospital Columbus, 2001 Polaris Parkway, 43240, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peay Holly Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Hackensack, Hackensack, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hicks Melissa Division of Genetic & Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kloos Jacqueline Division of Human Genetics, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/James Cancer Hospital Columbus, 2001 Polaris Parkway, 43240, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Westman Rachel St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, ID, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Conway Laura Genetic Counseling Program, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Finucane Brenda Geisinger Health System, Lewisburg, Lewisburg, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fitzpatrick Jennifer Department of Human Genetics, McGill University Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gordon Erynn Invitae, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ramos Erica Clinical Services Laboratory, Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sekhon-Warren Jaspreet British Columbia Children's and Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Silver Josh Fred A. Litwin Centre in Genetic Medicine, University Health Network & Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walton Carol Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reiser Catherine Genetic Counseling Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2015-08-01), 626-634 1059-7700 24:4<626 2015 24 10897