The next hot career series: genetic Consultant

Over the past two years, due to the economic crisis, the U.S. lost more than 700 million jobs. Currently, the United States still has nearly 10% of people are unemployed. Because of the economic recovery is weak, experts predict that the unemployment rate in the next two years may also be high. However, even such a slump in the job market situation, there are some very optimistic about the employment prospects of the industry. Financial aspect program is broadcast a series of reports, "the next hot career", today introduced the genes for your consultant.

Genetic consultants is to provide health care professionals, medical experts are genes for birth defects and genetic disorder with symptoms or family members may be suffering from a variety of genetic diseases and help families to provide information. National Association of genetic consultants (National Society of Genetic Counselor) main Xiyilisha White Kearney (Elizabeth Kearney) introduced genes in an interview that the consultant's work:

"In my opinion, genetic consultant to those who have a family history and genetic risks to provide advice, tell them the history of genetic or inherited the probability of the next generation how to tell them which test to choose from, to help determine genetic history, to tell them the pros and cons of these tests to help them decide whether to be tested. Then, the patient receiving treatment or in the way of life in determining the future of this information into account. "

Carney added that she is because the family has a history of fishes of blood genetic interest.

Typically, doctors pregnancy or antenatal check will advise them to accept genetic counseling. Genetic consultation with more than a procedure called amniocentesis, or known as amniotic fluid test for prenatal diagnosis. The diagnosis is mainly to help older mothers over the age of 35 to determine whether the fetus has Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, congenital diseases and the possibility of single gene genetic disease.

In addition, any suggestion that there may be genetic diseases from biological parents who may seek advice from consultants gene.

In the U.S., to become a genetic consultant must be recognized from the current more than 30 graduate programs related to master's degree in any one. Students participating in these projects need to learn genetics, social psychology, ethics and counseling theory. In addition, they need to conduct clinical training. Only completed clinical training and through the United States Advisory Committee on Genetic people to obtain the genetic test consultant qualifications. The U.S. currently has 3,000 genetic counselor.

Genetic consultants in the past usually in hospitals or laboratory work, to provide advice to patients or to provide genetic information for doctors, but now are expanding their area of work. Commenting on the prospect of genetic work of consultants, the National Association of genetic Kearney consultants, said:

"I think the job prospects are enormous. We are expanding to many new areas, we not only services for patients in the hospital, we have more and more involved in public decision-making, we provide the public with education, we also work in diagnostic laboratories. Our increasingly diverse areas of work. "

Carney said that genetic counseling in the future of medical services is very important. She said that with the right understanding of the human genome project, people will more and more integration of the information in the medical service. Gene is a research consultant with a bridge between the patient, the genetic information used to help people in real life.

Carney said that in this economic downturn, the genetic consultants and other professionals who provide medical services to the same, the impact is small. Consultant in 2010 gene median salary of 50,004 thousand 800 U.S. dollars.