Spanish language opportunities in genetic counseling training programs in the United States.
This cross‐sectional survey study explores ongoing initiatives to foster diversity and inclusivity within the field of genetic counseling, specifically focusing on opportunities within graduate programs for students to enhance language and counseling skills in Spanish, thereby fostering language con...
| Published in: | Journal of Genetic Counseling Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=184767446&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 184767446 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10597700 41A jtl: Journal of Genetic Counseling issn: 10597700 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2025 vid: 34 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 184767446 179271725 184767446 184767446 10.1002/jgc4.1958 184767446 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Spanish language opportunities in genetic counseling training programs in the United States. aug: au: Vine, Maria Katia Kellom, Elizabeth Kuhl, Ashley Simone, Laurie Ricker, Charité N. Birkeland, Laura affil: School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin,, USA sug: subj: Education, Allied Health Genetic Counseling United States Diversity Training Spanish Language Education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Professional-Patient Relations United States Human Male Female Cross Sectional Studies Descriptive Statistics Funding Source Communication Barriers Professional Development Male Female ab: This cross‐sectional survey study explores ongoing initiatives to foster diversity and inclusivity within the field of genetic counseling, specifically focusing on opportunities within graduate programs for students to enhance language and counseling skills in Spanish, thereby fostering language concordance in genetic counseling settings. With a response rate of 44.8% (26/58) across genetic counseling graduate programs, our study provides an overview of educational offerings in Spanish, encompassing patient‐facing, non‐patient‐facing, and combined opportunities. Of the programs that completed the survey, 73.1% (19/26) offer Spanish language opportunities. Several perceived benefits were identified by those that offer opportunities, including fostering cultural humility and diversity within the field, increasing awareness and accessibility of genetic counseling services, and facilitating involvement in research within minority groups. The information gathered from this study can be a resource for graduate programs seeking insights into effective strategies to incorporate Spanish language opportunities. Additionally, these results may also serve as a source of inspiration for students who want to apply their Spanish language skills in their training and future careers. Lastly, we propose ideas to enhance and expand the training of bilingual genetic counseling students in Spanish. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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