Scope of professional roles for genetic counsellors and clinical geneticists in the United Kingdom

Middleton, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-8098, Taverner, Nicola, Houghton, Catherine, Smithson, Sarah, Balasubramanian, Meena and Elmslie, Frances 2022. Scope of professional roles for genetic counsellors and clinical geneticists in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Human Genetics 31 (1) , pp. 9-12. 10.1038/s41431-022-01214-7

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Abstract

This document is written on behalf of the two professional bodies in the United Kingdom that represent genetic counsellors (the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors) and clinical geneticists (the Clinical Genetics Society) and aims to support multidisciplinary working of these professional groups highlighting within a quick-reference format, areas of shared practice and the distinctions between role profiles for a Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Principal/Consultant Genetic Counsellor and the new support role that we have termed ‘Genomic Associate’, see AGNC career structure [1]. This builds on published documents that articulate the scope of practice of the clinical genetics workforce [2] and specifically the genetic counsellor [3] and clinical geneticist [4] roles.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]
ISSN:	1018-4813
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 January 2023
Date of Acceptance:	4 October 2022
Last Modified:	26 May 2023 05:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/155566

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