Wannabe Wednesdays: Ethical Questions Practice for Genetic Counseling Grad School Interviews 

Thank you for posting this! I am preparing for interviews so this is amazing 👏 I would love if you would make a video on how to discuss gc's discuss genetic related disability/how to talk to parents about pre-natal screening findings for condition like down syndrome

I have my first interview this Thursday and reviewing your videos have been incredibly helpful! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos!

Thanks so much Katie

Amazing examples! Misattributed paternity is such a minefield. I recently learned that 6% of parents with a child with SMA due to homozygous deletions have negative carrier testing, and one of the causes is that 2% of individuals with SMA have a de novo deletion. 🤯 2%!!!

These were really helpful in getting me to think about these ethical issues, thanks so much Katie! I had a question - for the first scenario, say the genetic counselor had a week before meeting this family (rather than 30 min), how different would the course of action have been? In my opinion, having more time might give room for the genetic counselor to meet with the mother one-to-one and non-judgementally inform her that in the event she had been with another partner, this might arise following the disclosure of results during post-test counseling. But on the other hand, I think it might also be a good idea to proceed with counseling the family as was discussed in the video (i.e. not to anything differently) so that the genetic counselor is not making any assumptions that the mother might have had another partner by calling her privately. I'm still an applicant and so my thought process could be heavily flawed. But I'd love to hear what you feel about this scenario. Thanks Katie! :)

I love this! I would love to see more of this

Hi there! Thank you so much for this. Came at a perfect time. Prepping for an interview March 4th & this was the last component of the interview I was worried about. Just knowing what exactly to expect. Your videos have helped so much!

I know this video is old so you might not respond, but I had a question about the older patients IVF case example. I work as an andrologist at a fertility clinic currently and my clinic doesn't allow patients to transfer embryos to themselves if they're over 50, even if they're technically healthy. Is this something that's banned in only some states, or is this a clinic-specific rule?