Curated OER
Creating Genetic Counselor Pamphlets
The information included here will guide your students to research a particular genetic disorder and then work in groups to create a pamphlet about the disorder from a genetic counselor's point of view.
Curated OER
Simulated Genetic Counseling Session
Young scholars, in groups, prepare a family history for a family with a genetic condition. They simulate a genetic counseling session and listen to a guest lecture by a genetic counselor.
Curated OER
Marked For Life
Students study certain genetic disorders and their effects on the lives of victims and their families. They investigate new methods of genetic screening and the social and personal ramifications of the technology.
Other
Johns Hopkins Univ.:baltimore Huntington's Disease Cent.
An overview of Huntington's disease, including history of disease, characteristics of disorder, nature of mutation, treatment, and son on.
Other
Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Biology: Populations to Molecules
A large collection of lesson and labs developed by high school biology teachers. Lesson plans cover the topics of Drosophila, population genetics, gene, molecular genetics, chromosomes, genetic disease, genetic counseling, and bioethics....
National Health Museum
Access Excellence:what Is the Role of Genetic Counseling
An extensive article discussing the role of a genetic counselors, who gets genetic counseling, how they use genetic and chromosome maps for diagnosis, and how they help people cope with genetic diseases.
Georgetown University
Georgetown Univ.: Scope Note 24, Human Gene Therapy
Georgetown University site with a lengthy article on many aspects of gene therapy. Includes background and historical information and numerous resources on the topic. Focus here is on the ethics of these types of therapies.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Genetic Testing Health Care Issues
This interview with a health policy expert on the use of and future of genetic testing is from a symposium on DNA at the University of California at San Francisco.
National Institutes of Health
U.s. National Library of Medicine: Genetic Conditions: Huntington Disease
This resource provides a summary of the disease effects on the body and the genetics behind its inheritance. There are several links to other useful sites.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Univ. Of Kansas Medical Center: Accredited Programs
This site from the University of Kansas Medical Center provides a list and direct links to colleges with accredited genetic counseling programs.
Other
American Society of Human Genetics: Careers in Genetics
Provides descriptions of the training and career options for professionals in the field of genetics.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Genetic Counselor
What do genetic counselors do? What kinds of questions do they answer? These are two of the questions that are addressed by this article. The site also has links to help you locate genetic counselors.