Genetic Counseling Fellowship in Research Training (GC-FIRST)

摘要 由于跨医疗专业扩大了基因检测和技术的临床实施， 临床、工业、公共卫生和学术界对遗传咨询服务有着巨大的需求。这个 自该领域成立以来的40年里，遗传咨询师的角色发生了巨大的变化，并急剧增长。 随着这一领域的扩大到4000多人，对遗传咨询师来说，更需要能够研究 以循证的方式练习。目前，一个为期两年的遗传咨询硕士学位 构成了遗传咨询师的终极学位，大多数人在临床环境中执业。而当 遗传咨询师已经准备好在他们目前的角色中学习这一职业，额外的研究培训是 需要培养领导独立研究项目所需的技能和方法专业知识。在……里面 认识到遗传咨询领域将受益于额外的研究资金，我们的 研究团队已经做好了满足这一需求的准备，我们创建了有史以来第一个遗传学研究奖学金 咨询师们称华盛顿大学的遗传咨询研究培训奖学金(GC-First)为 明尼苏达州。在完成这项为期两年的兼职研究教育经验后，四 遗传咨询师将处于非常有利的地位，为日益增长的基因需求做出贡献。 咨询研究人员。GC-First的首要目标是培训一系列遗传咨询师 研究方法促进遗传咨询师在临床工作中的研究实施， 工业、公共和人口健康环境。我们的中心目标是教育遗传咨询研究人员 成为独立的领导者，指导未来的遗传咨询研究人员。要实现这一目标，实现 总体目标，我们将：1)开展严格的基础和定量基础和数量培训 通过一系列正式的课程和培训单元，在遗传咨询研究方面取得进展；2) 使用实用、基于应用和协作的方法提供跨学科研究培训 制作两份手稿和一份赠款申请；3)产生各种训练有素的研究队列 将对终身学习充满热情的临床医生，以支持遗传咨询研究队伍；4) 评估为期两年的奖学金的短期和长期总结性和形成性成果。如果 申请成功后，将为遗传咨询师创建第一个研究培训奖学金计划 并为学术、临床、工业、公共和人口健康环境中的劳动力做出贡献。添加了一条 研究金的最终产品将是创建和分发一套在线模块，这些模块将是 打包培养更多的遗传咨询师，接受高级研究培训。

SUMMARY Due to expanded clinical implementation of genetic testing and technologies across healthcare specialties, there is a huge demand for genetic counseling services in clinical, industry, public health, and academia. The roles of genetic counselors have changed and grown drastically over the 40 years since the field's inception. As the field has expanded to over 4,000, there is greater need for genetic counselors to be able to research the practice in an evidence-based fashion. At present, a two-year Master’s Degree in Genetic Counseling constitutes the terminal degree for genetic counselors, the majority who practice in clinic settings. While genetic counselors are primed to study the profession in their current roles, additional research training is needed to foster the necessary skills and methodology expertise to lead independent research programs. In recognition that the field of genetic counseling would benefit from additional research funding and that our research team is well poised to meet this need, we have created the first ever research fellowship for genetic counselors called the Genetic Counseling Fellowship in Research Training (GC-FIRST) at the University of Minnesota. Upon completion of this comprehensive 2-year, part-time research education experience, four genetic counselors will be exceptionally well positioned to contribute to the growing need for genetic counseling researchers. The overarching objective of GC-FIRST is to train genetic counselors in a range of research methodologies to promote research implementation by genetic counselors working in clinical, industry, public and population health settings. Our central goal is to educate genetic counseling researchers to be independent leaders who mentor future genetic counseling researchers. To reach this goal and attain the overall objective, we will: 1) Develop a rigorous qualitative and quantitative training in the fundamentals and advances in genetic counseling research through a series of formal coursework and training modules; 2) Provide interdisciplinary research training using a practical, application based, and collaborative approach to produce two manuscripts and a grant application; 3) Generate a diverse cohort of well-trained research clinicians that will have enthusiasm for lifelong learning to bolster the genetic counseling research workforce; 4) Evaluate the short term and long term summative and formative outcomes of the two-year fellowship. If successful, this application would create the first research training fellowship program for genetic counselors and contribute to the workforce in academic, clinical, industry, public and population health settings. An added end-product of the fellowship will be the creating and distribution of a set of online modules that will be packaged to educate an even greater number of genetic counselors with advanced research training.