Paid summer undergraduate internships are one strategy to increase diversity in genetic counseling.
The genetic counseling profession has attempted to enhance the diversity of its workforce since its inception but does not yet reflect the demographics of the United States. One barrier to entry into genetic counseling programs may be the ability to gain exposure to the profession prior to applying...
| Published in: | Journal of Genetic Counseling Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 1325 - 1330 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2023
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