Applying theories, models, and frameworks to help genetic counselors and students achieve clinical and professional goals
Some genetic counselors (GCs) may find theories, models, and frameworks (TMFs) useful in clinical skills selection and when reflecting on or evaluating genetic counseling practice. This paper aims to demonstrate how TMFs can be used to postulate how different skills may impact patients'/clients' decisions, behaviors, and outcomes and consider how multiple TMFs can inform the use of various skills or strategies to achieve different goals. Additionally, we provide examples of TMFs that may help GCs in nonclinical aspects of their work, such as implementing and evaluating new interventions or service delivery models. To guide the selection of appropriate TMFs, we provide a set of questions to consider and include examples of skills and approaches that align with different TMFs. While TMFs provide a structured approach and valuable guidance that may help advance genetic counseling practice, they have certain limitations. Additional research is necessary to determine the effectiveness of using TMFs to guide clinical practice and improve patient/client outcomes.
Authors
- Jada G. Hamilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8377-4666)
- Deborah L. Cragun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-2857)
- Lindsey N. Victoria
- Ken Resnicow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-9627)
- Kimberly A. Kaphingst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-9080)
- Jennifer W. Mack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5791-4178)
- Alanna Kulchak Rahm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-9298)
- Angela R. Bradbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-6402)
- Marleah Dean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5193-9040)
- Mira L. Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9791-7592)
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- LabCorp (United States) (US)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Genomic Health (United States) (US)
- U-M Rogel Cancer Center (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Geisinger Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Genetic Counseling
- Published
- 2024-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1988
- Primary Topic
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute