Public Health Genetic Counselors: Activities, Skills, and Sources of Learning

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 438-451

  McWalter, Kirsty M ^a   Sdano, Mallory R ^b   Dave, Gaurav ^c   Powell, Karen P ^d   Callanan, Nancy ^e  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Lineagen Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Cone Health System ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Public health activities; Public health genetics; Public health skills; Sources of learning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MANPOWER; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939985286     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-014-9795-3     Document Type: Article

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