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A Report on Ten Asia Pacific Countries on Current Status and Future Directions of the Genetic Counseling Profession: The Establishment of the Professional Society of Genetic Counselors in Asia

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Abstract

The Professional Society of Genetic Counselors in Asia (PSGCA) was recently established as a special interest group of the Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics. Fostering partnerships across the globe, the PSGCA’s vision is to be the lead organization that advances and mainstreams the genetic counseling profession in Asia and ensures individuals have access to genetic counseling services. Its mission is to promote quality genetic counseling services in the region by enhancing practice and curricular standards, research and continuing education. The PSGCA was formally launched during the Genetic Counseling Pre-Conference Workshop held at the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics in Hanoi, Viet Nam, September 16, 2015. The pre-conference workshop provided an opportunity for medical geneticists and genetic counselors from across 10 Asia Pacific countries to learn about the varied genetic counseling practices and strategies for genetic counseling training. This paper provides an overview of the current status and challenges in these countries, and proposed course of unified actions for the future of the genetic counseling profession.

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Acknowledgement

We applied the first-last-author-emphasis norm for the sequence of authors. We would like to acknowledge the local organizers of the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics and our sponsors: GeneDx Inc., Graham Snudden, Myriad Laboratories, Asia Genomics Pte Ltd., Group Health Cooperative Foundation, National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi and the board of directors of the Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

    Mercy Y. Laurino, Peter James Abad, Carmencita Padilla & Eva Cutiongco de-la Paz

  2. Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave East Suite 210, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA

    Mercy Y. Laurino

  3. Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kathleen A. Leppig

  4. Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kathleen A. Leppig

  5. College of Nursing, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

    Peter James Abad

  6. Department of Pediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Breana Cham & Jiin Ying Lim

  7. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, China

    Yoyo Wing Yiu Chu

  8. Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Saahil Kejriwal

  9. Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru, India

    Saahil Kejriwal & Niby Elackatt

  10. Asia Genomics Pte Ltd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Juliana M. H. Lee

  11. Genetic Counseling Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Juliana M. H. Lee

  12. Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Darci L. Sternen

  13. Hereditary Cancer Program, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jennifer K. Thompson

  14. Clinical Genetics Service, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

    Matthew J. Burgess

  15. Genetic Consultation Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Shu Chien

  16. Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital Medical School, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Thanyachai Sura

  17. Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

    Sultana Faradz

  18. Institute of Human Genetics, National Institute of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

    Carmencita Padilla & Eva Cutiongco de-la Paz

  19. Faculty of Medicine, Swadaya Gunung Jati University, Cirebon, Indonesia

    Donny Nauphar

  20. National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Viet Nam

    Khanh Ngoc Nguyen & Dung Chi Vu

  21. School of English, The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong, SAR, China

    Olya Zayts

  22. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Meow-Keong Thong

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Mercy Y. Laurino, Kathleen A. Leppig, Peter James Abad, Breana Cham, Yoyo Wing Yiu Chu, Saahil Kejriwal, Juliana M.H. Lee, Darci L. Sternen, Jennifer K. Thompson, Matthew J. Burgess, Shu Chien, Niby Elackatt, Jiin Ying Lim, Thanyachai Sura, Sultana Faradz, Carmencita Padilla, Eva Cutiongco de-la Paz, Donny Nauphar, Ngoc Khanh Nguyen, Olya Zayts, Dung Chi Vu, and Meow-Keong Thong declare no conflict of interest.

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Laurino, M.Y., Leppig, K.A., Abad, P.J. et al. A Report on Ten Asia Pacific Countries on Current Status and Future Directions of the Genetic Counseling Profession: The Establishment of the Professional Society of Genetic Counselors in Asia. J Genet Counsel 27, 21–32 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-017-0115-6

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