377- Present arguments not included by alternative side (5 min).
- Present arguments (5 min per side).
Estimated time: 20 min.Open Discussion: Decision-Making
- Drop perspective.
- Seek and provide clarification, elaboration, justification, and rationale.
- Summarize arguments.
- Reach conclusions.
Estimated time: 15 min.Report Preparation (Optional)
- Prepare a written response to the question (your group’s conclusion, the data/
arguments supporting your conclusion, the counterarguments to your conclu-
sion, and the weaknesses of those counterarguments).
Estimated time: 20 min.
Small Groups Discuss Conclusions/Rationale with Large Group
Estimated time: 15 min.
13.8 Written Exercises
Exercise 1: Cultural Impact on Motivations to Be a Genetic
Counselor
Prepare a three- to four-page, double-spaced, paper discussing the following:
- How do you define culture?
- Did your personal definition of culture change because of the class discussion?
If so, how? - Describe your own ethnocultural background.
- Identify four of your personal motivations (desires, needs), and discuss how
they are potentially beneficial and potentially harmful in your practice of
genetic counseling. For each motivation, describe (a) how it might affect
your counseling in ways that are beneficial to the patient and to you and (b)
how it might affect your counseling in ways that are harmful to the patient
and to you.
[Hint: Motivations are not the same thing as traits. For example, it is not suffi-
cient to say that one of your motivations is that you are empathic. Why or how
does this trait lead to a desire to be a genetic counselor?] - What impact has your culture had on your motivations to be a genetic
counselor?
13.8 Written Exercises