1 / 8

Ad Hoc Genetic Nurse and Counsellor Accreditation Committee

Ad Hoc Genetic Nurse and Counsellor Accreditation Committee. Chairpersons: Professor Heather Skirton and Marie-Antoinette Voelckel. Aims. To establish genetic counsellors as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing genetic healthcare in Europe To set standards of professional practice

peri
Télécharger la présentation

Ad Hoc Genetic Nurse and Counsellor Accreditation Committee

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ad Hoc Genetic Nurse and Counsellor Accreditation Committee Chairpersons: Professor Heather Skirton and Marie-Antoinette Voelckel

  2. Aims • To establish genetic counsellors as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing genetic healthcare in Europe • To set standards of professional practice • To set standards of education • To achieve European recognition as a profession

  3. It is important we produce standards that ensure patient safety but are adaptable to national legal and health service frameworks

  4. Current membership of our network of genetic counsellors and nurses • 23 countries • 140 members • Countries represented by genetic nurses, genetic counsellors or medical geneticists • Website www.engnc.org

  5. Method so far • Draft documents written, based on European core competences and some existing frameworks and standards • Workshops with members fro many countries • Circulation for comments and vote

  6. Progress • Standards of practice written • Masters education pathway • Code of practice written • Competences • Multi-disciplinary working • Approved by members and national genetic counsellor/nurse organisations (UK, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway)

  7. Full draft document available on the ESHG website Please download and discuss with relevant professionals

  8. Comments required from national organisations We need to ensure effective team working within each national context. Heather.skirton@plymouth.ac.uk

More Related