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Genetic activities in clinical practice

To ensure patients have access to genetic advances now and in the future, healthcare staff may need to be able to carry out genetics based activities as part of a patient pathway. These activities fall into three main groups:

  • Identifying Patients
  • Clinical Management
  • Communicating Genetic Information

Under these three clinical aims we have identified nine genetic activities:

  1. Identify where genetics is relevant in your area of practice
  2. Identify individuals with or at risk of genetic conditions
  3. Gather multi-generational family history information
  4. Use multi-generational family history information to draw a pedigree
  5. Recognise a mode of inheritance in a family
  6. Assess genetic risk
  7. Refer individuals genetic risk to specialist sources of assistance in meeting their health care needs
  8. Order a genetic laboratory test
  9. Communicate genetic information to individuals, families and healthcare staff

These genetic activities for clinical practice follow the patient care pathway. They link to nationally accepted workforce competences and occupational standards. As well as being helpful in the direct care of patients they can be used to demonstrate your experience and skills in practice to support your annual review against your KSF outline.

 

 

Last updated: 13 October 2011

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