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Practical Skills in Genetic Counselling

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Equip yourself with key skills for practicing genetic and genomic testing. Gain hands-on experience in decision-making, consent conversations and interpreting genetic test results. Reflect on the importance of engaging with diverse communities, ensuring that your genetic counselling is accessible and inclusive, with this skills-based and practical microcredential.

About this microcredential

During this microcredential, you will be guided through the provision of evidence-based genetic counselling. You will will learn how to speak with clients about genetic testing and how to collect consent, interpret and return genetic test results. You will gain knowledge of working with interpreters to discuss genetics and genomics and how to talk about grief and loss.

Each week you will undertake self-paced online study to familiarise yourself with skills used in genetic counselling. In addition, you will attend weekly, live Zoom sessions where you will interact with professional colleagues and academic genetic counsellors to develop and practice new skills and apply your acquired knowledge to case studies.

Key benefits of this microcredential

This microcredential has been designed to equip you to:

  • Apply major psychotherapeutic counselling theories relevant to genetic counselling
  • Apply genetic counselling theories to practice
  • Use basic counselling skills including active listening, attending, reflecting, clarifying and summarising
  • Engage in client-centred genetic counselling practice
  • Elicit clients’ beliefs and values, hopes and concerns about genetic counselling
  • Facilitate informed decision-making with clients and their families
  • Facilitate a conversation and collect informed consent for genetic and genomic testing from clients and families.

This microcredential aligns with the 3 -credit point subject, Practical Skills in Genetic Counselling (96852) in the Graduate Certificate in Genetic Counselling Skills (C11375). This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.

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Who should do this microcredential?

This microcredential is suitable for healthcare professionals, including nurses and allied healthcare professionals looking to develop genetic counselling skills. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Nurses
  • Medical professionals
  • Scientists, researchers and research assistants working in genomic research
  • Laboratory scientists supporting referrers who are ordering genomic testing
  • Students and graduates interested in studying genetic counselling
  • Healthcare managers wanting to learn more about genomic healthcare.

Price

Full price: $1,728 (GST-free)*

Special price: $1,500 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information. 

Genetic Counselling course suite

This course is part of our Genetic Counselling course suite on UTS Open. Our full list of genetic counselling courses are: 

  • Genetic Couselling free course
  • Breast Cancer Genetic Testing free short course
  • Introduction to Genetic Counselling microcredential
  • Cancer Genetic Counselling microcredential
  • Practical Skills in Genetic Counselling microcredential.

Each course is stand-alone and does not require completion of other courses. Courses can be studied in any order. 

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions. 

COVID-19 response 

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

This course is structured into 4 modules. Each module includes self-study materials and facilitated live and online skills-based sessions (on Zoom).

Module 1: Making meaning of genetics with clients and families (weeks 1-3)

Module 2: Working with families from diverse communities (week 4)

Module 3: Grief and loss in genetic counselling (week 5)

Module 4: Applying skills to clients and families (week 6)

Course learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this microcredential, you should be able to:

  • Use core counselling skills to provide client-centred genetic counselling
  • Facilitate informed decision-making and collect consent for genetic and genomic testing
  • Reflect on the use of interpreters in genetic counselling
  • Reflect on grief, loss and meaning making in genetic counselling practice.  

Assessment

Participants will be assessed individually across the following two tasks during the course:

Task 1: Case Study (weight 40%)

You will be provided with a case scenario in which a client is deciding whether to have a genetic test. You will be required to respond to question prompts, applying genetic counselling theory to the case.

Task 2: Part A: Counselling skills demonstration task; Part B: Reflection (weight 60%)

You will be provided with a case study and asked to record a short role play demonstrating your ability to facilitate a short consent conversation with a client who has been referred for genetic testing. You will be required to watch the recording and write a brief, structured reflection.

Participants are required to complete both assessment tasks, achieving an overall grade of 50 per cent in order to pass the microcredential.

Requirements

Mandatory

  •  To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing. You will also require an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas and Zoom.   

Desired

  • Background knowledge of genetics and genomics, including patterns of inheritance is desirable for participants in this course.  

Other

  • Participants are strongly encouraged to attend the weekly, live Zoom classes where there will be opportunities to practice genetic counselling skills, prepare for assessment tasks and ask questions.  

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows: 

  • Discounted price of $1,350 (GST-free)* for 6 or more enrolments from the same organisation.

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price. 

How to obtain your discount

To obtain your discount code, please contact UTS Open Support at  support@open.uts.edu.au with:

  • your organisation name, and
  • the 6+ staff names and email addresses for your group enrolment.

How to apply your discount voucher 

  • Add this course to your cart 
  • Click on "View Cart" (blue shopping trolley at top right of screen). You will need to sign in or sign up to UTS Open 
  • Enter your eligible code beneath the “Have a code?” prompt and click on the blue "Apply" button 
  • Verify your voucher code has been successfully applied before clicking on the blue "Checkout" button. 

Contact us

For any questions about course content, delivery, progression or requirements, please email Alison McEwen at Alison.McEwen@uts.edu.au  

For any questions about enrolment or payment, please email UTS Open Support at  support@open.uts.edu.au

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