Genetic Counselors
Certified Genetic Counselor (CGC), Clinical Genetic Counselor, Genetic Services Coordinator, Lab Genetic Counselor (Laboratory Genetic Counselor)
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Medical Geneticist and Genomicist
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What they do:
Assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. Provide information to other healthcare providers or to individuals and families concerned with the risk of inherited conditions. Advise individuals and families to support informed decisionmaking and coping methods for those at risk. May help conduct research related to genetic conditions or genetic counseling.
On the job, you would:
- Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance.
- Analyze genetic information to identify patients or families at risk for specific disorders or syndromes.
- Provide genetic counseling in specified areas of clinical genetics, such as obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology and neurology.
Knowledge
Math and Science
- biology
- psychology
Health
- therapy and counseling
- medicine and dentistry
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Business
- customer service
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Sincerity
- Empathy
- Stress Tolerance
- Self-Control
- Social Orientation
- Cooperation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access Hot Technology
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology In Demand
Medical software
- Prognosis Innovation Healthcare ChartAccess
- Wageningen MapChart
Education
Education: (rated 4 of 4)
master's degree
usually needed
usually needed
Job Outlook
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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