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

125 Additional “gold standard” types of questions to consider used throughout the session are as follows: “Please tell me more.” ...

126 information from their physicians, genetic counselors facilitate that process by identifying questions patients should ask t ...

127 5.3 Cultural Considerations Adapting your questioning to your patient’s needs and cultural background is criti- cal. Questio ...

128 for genetic counselors to have established a safe environment and supportive relationship. Further, inquiring in such a way ...

129 the patient’s concerns, perceptions, family relationships, and support systems. Pedigree construction is also a wonderful ve ...

130 Activity 3: Small Versus Big Questions Provide students one of the following hypothetical scenarios. Patient is referred fo ...

131 questions that invited discussion of the women’s cultural beliefs and values and how they apply to health-care decisions and ...

132 Process Have students share their examples of good counseling skills, especially focusing on question asking. Then discuss w ...

133 Activity 9: Family History Taking Model Instructor and a volunteer from outside of the class engage in a simulated genetic c ...

134 Instructor Note History taking comprises a major component of initial genetic counseling ses- sions. This activity provides ...

135 between a genetic counselor and patient. First write the interchange with the coun- selor asking excessive and challenging/j ...

136 Brown D.  Implications of cultural values for cross-cultural consultation with families. J Couns Dev. 1997;76:29–35. Burgess ...

137 Rose P, Humm E, Hey K, Jones L, Huson SM. Family history taking and genetic counselling in primary care. Fam Pract. 1999;16: ...

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 139 P. McCarthy Veach et al., Facilitating the Genetic Coun ...

140 You can take several steps to set the stage for genetic counseling. These include case preparation, introductions and orient ...

141 If you have time between sessions, take a moment to psychologically prepare for the next session. Sit in a quiet room, take ...

142 whom, whether individuals introduce themselves or are introduced by others, and how they refer to each other (Fine and Glass ...

143 of the session that were difficult for you). When using a checklist, remember you will likely vary the order in which you ra ...

14 4 happened in this situation? Evidently the two of you failed to discuss your intended destination. You did not develop a roa ...

145 knowledge and beliefs about genetic counseling. They concluded that this variabil- ity “...confirms the importance of contra ...