Abstract
Graduate medical education has recently increased focus on the development of medical specialty competency milestones to provide a targeted tool for medical resident evaluation. Milestones provide developmental assessment of the attainment of competencies over the course of an educational program. An educational framework is described to explore the development of Genetic Counseling Milestones for the evaluation of the development of genetic counseling competencies by genetic counseling students. The development of Genetic Counseling Milestones may provide a valuable tool to assess genetic counseling students across all program activities. Historical educational context, current practices, and potential benefits and challenges in the development of Genetic Counseling Milestones are discussed.
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The author would like to thank Susan Hassed, PhD, LCGC, Alix Darden, PhD, and Sanjay Bidichandani, MBBS, PhD from the Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for their mentorship and support. She would also like to thank Bonnie LeRoy, MS, CGC and Patricia McCarthy Veach, PhD for their honest feedback on this topic and the National Society of Genetic Counselors 2014 Annual Education Conference Preconference Symposium, “A Writer’s Workshop” co-facilitators and workshop mentor, Christina Palmer, PhD, LCGC, for providing a forum to write and for providing valuable feedback on this work.
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Guy, C. Genetic Counseling Milestones: A Framework for Student Competency Evaluation. J Genet Counsel 25, 635–643 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-015-9895-8
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