Master of Genetic Counselling at The University of Melbourne

In Australasia, genetic counsellors are allied health professionals who work in partnership with clinical geneticists or other medical specialists, often as part of a multidisciplinary team that may include other allied health professionals and/or scientists. Genetic counselling is a communication process that aims to help individuals, couples and families understand and adapt to the imlications of a genetic contribution to a health condition. The role of a genetic counsellor includes provision of risk information to individuals/families, education about a genetic condition to individuals/families/health professionals counselling to individuals/families to promote informed health care decision making psychosocial support to individuals/families who have a history of a genetic condition The Master of Genetic Counselling is a professionally accredited coursework degree, completed full time over two years. ...Read more