MGC 511: Medical Genetics Clinic Practicum

In the third semester, students will gain practical experience performing supervised counselling for patients referred to the medical genetics’ clinic for a variety of health concerns. Students will be responsible for researching the reason for referral, establishing a management plan, obtaining all necessary and available historical information, eliciting and constructing a pedigree, and presenting the patient to the attending physician. Students will have increasing responsibility for counselling patients in clinic, under the supervision of a staff genetic counsellor and/or geneticist.