3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6022663FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Pathology/molecular and cellular medicine
Educational team
Frederik Jan Hes (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
10 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
70 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Genetic counseling is a communication process between people asking for advice and professional advisers within the respective ethical and juridical framework. It includes medical, genetic and socio-psychological aspects. The care provided is characterized by being up-to-date, ethically justified and cost efficient and by communicating effectively with the patient, the patient’s famly and others directly involved in health care and the society. This area of competence is the core of clinical genetics.

Practical application of the skills which have been acquired in Communication, part 1

  • Learning to communicate in a multidisciplinary environment
  • The acknowledgement of relevant psychological aspects, being able to assess psychosocial aspects and to organize adequate psychosocial support if necessary.
  • An empathical attitude towards the patient and his family (potentially parents)
  • The communication required to collect the relevant information and gain insight into situation, while holding into account the patient’s course of life, his cultural background, beliefs and major life events
  • An open attitude towards health care providers, team members and colleagues
  • Implementation of the possibilities for communicating with patients who are not fully of sound mind and judgement, rights of the family and which methods are possible for communication with patients who are not of sound mind and judgement
  • Specific aspects of communication concerning treatment limiting and end of life care
  • Communication and knowledge about the specific aspects of the patients’ rights law and juridical aspects concerning patients who are not of sound mind and judgement

Lastly, the ASO needs to function with an increasing level of independence and complexity.  

Additional info

Working methods 

This course includes workplace learning. Permanent training based on counseling with feedback from the internship supervisor, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors and psychological social workers on the above themes.
Learning Outcomes

Skills

OLR 4: Can communicate with the patient and his or her environment in a correct, humane and empathical manner, while taking into account the ethical, social and multicultural aspects (diversity), within the lines of the relevant legislation (C)

OLR 5: Can communicate efficiently with and report medical/scientific information to colleagues and other professionals (C)

Attitudes

OLR 8: Can give feedback adequately and knows how to handle receiving feedback on one’s own professional activities (C) 

OLR 14: Can operate within broader management systems in organizations, hospital commissions and in other representative functions within healthcare (Ma) 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Portfolio with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • Evaluation via Entrusted Professional Activities in Medbook
  • Performance review by the internship supervisor (stagemeester) in order to succeed for the course (100%)
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Specialist Medicine: Clinical Genetics (only offered in Dutch)