caa a22 4500 605544875 CHVBK 20210128100933.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10897-015-9838-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10897-015-9838-4 Report on an Investigation into an Entry Level Clinical Doctorate for the Genetic Counseling Profession and a Survey of the Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors [Elektronische Daten] [Catherine Reiser, Bonnie LeRoy, Robin Grubs, Carol Walton] The master's degree is the required entry-level degree for the genetic counseling profession in the US and Canada. In 2012 the Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors (AGCPD) passed resolutions supporting retention of the master's as the entry-level and terminal degree and opposing introduction of an entry-level clinical doctorate (CD) degree. An AGCPD workgroup surveyed directors of all 34 accredited training programs with the objective of providing the Genetic Counseling Advanced Degrees Task Force (GCADTF) with information regarding potential challenges if master's programs were required to transition to an entry-level CD. Program demographics, projected ability to transition to an entry-level CD, factors influencing ability to transition, and potential effects of transition on programs, students and the genetic counseling workforce were characterized. Two programs would definitely be able to transition, four programs would close, thirteen programs would be at risk to close and fourteen programs would probably be able to transition with varying degrees of difficulty. The most frequently cited limiting factors were economic, stress on clinical sites, and administrative approval of a new degree/program. Student enrollment under an entry-level CD model was projected to decrease by 26.2%, negatively impacting the workforce pipeline. The results further illuminate and justify AGCPD's position to maintain the master's as the entry-level degree. National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., 2015 Genetic counseling nationallicence Clinical doctorate nationallicence Program directors nationallicence Reiser Catherine Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Room 333 Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue, 53705, Madison, WI, USA aut LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut Grubs Robin Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA aut Walton Carol Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA aut Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/5(2015-10-01), 689-701 1059-7700 24:5<689 2015 24 10897 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-015-9838-4 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/s10897-015-9838-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reiser Catherine Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Room 333 Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue, 53705, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grubs Robin Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walton Carol Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/5(2015-10-01), 689-701 1059-7700 24:5<689 2015 24 10897