Description:

Inter-professional delivery of care in medical genetics uniquely centers around a team of genetic counsellors, laboratory geneticists, and medical geneticists. Developing competency in collaborative care is a goal of training in all three professions, and one which requires thoughtful graduated exposure. In this session, we propose to focus on modalities of inter-disciplinary education in medical genetics, introducing two initiatives at the University of British Columbia. Both are the result of trainee requests for more interaction with other types of trainees and professionals in medical genetics. First, we will discuss a workshop centred around a patient’s digital story , wherein trainees recognize each other’s roles and scope of practice and collaborate to make a plan for patient care. We will then describe how this is put in practice in a trainee-led multi-disciplinary clinic. We explore how patients can benefit from an inter-professional team in which there is strong cohesion, and how this can impact trainee development and well-being. Group discussion will focus on ways to implement inter-professional learning at medical genetics centres with different combinations of training programs.

Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify modalities for inter-professional education with specific relevance to medical genetics and genomics.
  • Build education activities guided by the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative Competency Framework.
  • Assess inter-professional learning outcomes.

Target Audience: Clinical Geneticists, Laboratory Geneticists, Genetic Counsellors, Trainees
CanMEDS Roles: Medical Expert (the integrating role), Communicator, Collaborator, Leader, Scholar, Professional

Speaker: Dr. Danielle Lynch, Tracey Oh

Event Timeslots (1)

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KC 101-103-105 - Dr. Danielle Lynch, Tracey Oh