Identity-Conscious Inclusion in Genetic Counseling

2.0 credits

This course provides students with space and tools to bolster identity-conscious reflection and action, including consideration of one’s own intersectionality as well as the interplay of self-identity within a patient session, community, medical system, and society. Concepts of community engagement, critical race theory, power imbalance, inclusion, and self- and collective-care will be introduced. The course utilizes scholarly articles, books, Podcast episodes, videos, poems, and worksheets to explore students’ multifaceted identities and to gain awareness of marginalized perspectives within the medical system (mainly within the United States). Students are encouraged to reflect and communicate courageously with a collective intention to promote inclusivity within the field of genetic counseling.