فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: The demand for genetic counseling has been greatly increased in the recentyears in Iran and the entire world. However, there are no systematic training courses forgenetic counseling in the country. The purpose of this research was compiling the curriculumfor the Master of Science (MSc) in genetic counseling. Materials and Methods: Thisdescriptive study was conducted in 2010 and 2011 in Isfahan University of MedicalSciences. A questionnaire with 25 questions was prepared based on the literature review.The assessment was conducted by using the questionnaire as well as outcome of groupdiscussions with three geneticist groups including, members of the board of medical genetics,genetics graduate students, and practitioners in genetic counseling. The curriculum wasdesigned after determining the educational needs and priorities by the genetic board.Results: The results of this research led to set the educational goals for the MSc in geneticcounseling. Finally, the course curriculum was compiled. Discussion: The designed MSc ingenetic counseling in this study was generally similar with the courses in other universities.Although, the assessment results were different in some cases with the same academiccourses such as to give more importance to basic medical needs in comparison with theneeds of clinical sciences. Therefore, more attention should be paid on prerequisite coursesrather than the rotational periods in the hospital. Among the reasons for this difference, itcould be noted to the differences in undergraduate educations and differences in the statusof provided genetics services in Iran. The final conclusion of this research was to design afundamental course to overcome one of the severely tangible requirements in the countryfield of health, namely genetic counseling.