Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process Practice-Based Skills, Second Edition

166 6.8 Written Exercises Exercise 1: Contracting Role-Play Engage in a 20-min role-play of a genetic counseling session with a ...

167 Give the recording, transcript/self-critique, and summary to the instructor who will provide feedback. [Hint: This assignmen ...

168 The patient is a 31-year-old white, G5, P0040 (5th pregnancy, 4 abortions—not elective) woman who is pregnant for the fifth ...

169 Appendix 6.1: Observer Checklist for Beginning the Genetic Counseling Session Ye s No Initial greeting Chairs at comfortable ...

170 Appendix 6.3: Observer Checklist for Making Referrals Ye s No Describes patients’ issue/problem for which the referral is ma ...

171 Cavanagh M, Levitov JE. The counseling experience a theoretical and practical approach. 2nd ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Wavela ...

172 Owen J, Devdas L, Rodolfa E. University counseling center off-campus referrals: an exploratory investigation. J Coll Stud Ps ...

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174 for a given situation” (Section I:1) and “Enable their clients to make informed deci- sions, free of coercion, by providing ...

175 the type, timing, and amount of information desired by a given patient (Roshanai et al. 2012 ). As with other aspects of gen ...

176 Advising a patient with a genetic cardiovascular disorder to follow up with a cardiovascular specialist Recommending psycho ...

177 too heavily on information provision at the expense of considering the couple’s psychosocial circumstances. As she reflects, ...

178 Use questions strategically. Closed-ended questions like, “Do you understand?” or “Do you have any questions?” are not usua ...

179 7.1.3 Communicating Test Results One aspect of providing information is communicating test results. As a genetic counselor, ...

180 7.1.4 Strategies for Communicating Positive Test Results Prepare in Advance Make a plan with the patient about how you will ...

181 Sometimes the news is best delivered in stages. For example, you might call a patient with a positive test result, offer to ...

182 Follow up with your patients at a later time. Check in to see how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and how much in ...

183 anyone else to live to be an alert, old person. I also grieved the time I spent not knowing and the choices I had made based ...

184 strong feelings of guilt, sadness, and a sense of loss. Others described an evolution in their responses to that of comfort ...

185 perception or accuracy is more complicated and not always successful and is likely further complicated by diversity in indiv ...