Stanford University
MS Program in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling
Location: Stanford, CA
Program Length: 18 months
We envision an inclusive genetic counseling community that leads with innovation and excellence in healthcare.
Our mission is to deliver dynamic and translational genetic counseling education through a combination of coursework, fieldwork, research, and personalized mentoring.
The values we aim to cultivate in ourselves, our students, and our environment are active engagement, personal agency, self-reflection, diversity of perspective and lived experience, adaptive learning, and community.
Program Goals:
- Deliver high-quality, up-to-date instruction on the core concepts related to genetic counseling.
- Provide a diverse array of fieldwork placements that enable students to develop clinical and non-clinical skills to prepare them for current and emerging job markets.
- Provide a robust research experience that allows students to expand personal interests while conducting rigorous research to contribute knowledge to the field.
- Empower students to tailor their training to meet their own personal and professional goals.
- Recruit and retain program leaders, instructional faculty, and supervisors with broad expertise and backgrounds, as well as strong educational and mentoring skills.
Student Goals:
- Knowledge: Graduates of the SUGCP will achieve advanced knowledge in genetics, genomics, and psychosocial counseling for use in evidence based practice.
- Critical thinking and practice: Graduates of the SUGCP will be able to practice genetic counseling in a variety of settings, demonstrating clinical judgment, insight, flexibility, resourcefulness, and accountability.
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Graduates of the SUGCP will treat their patients, colleagues, and community with respect, empathy, cultural humility, and compassion, and they will demonstrate strong communication skills.
- Research and Scholarship: Graduates of the SUGCP will be able to evaluate and synthesize information, produce rigorous, relevant research, and participate in disseminating scholarly knowledge across healthcare stakeholders.
- Professional Development, Collaboration, and Service: Graduates of the SUGCP will develop proficiency in inter- and intra-disciplinary teamwork, reflective practice, goal-setting, and professional ethics, and they will promote the field of genetic counseling through clinical care, teaching, research, advocacy, and mentorship.
- GRE – ❌
- International students – ✅
- GPA requirement – N/A
- In-state priority – ❌
- Interviews – Virtual
- In-state: $102,404
- Out-of-state: $102,404
- International: $102,404
- Tuition reduction options – ✅
- On-campus work opportunities – ✅
- Match and/or Application Waivers – ✅
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Flexible summer rotation opportunities – ✅
The Stanford Genetic Counseling Diversity Equity Inclusion Action and Outreach Committee (DEI AOC) is a grassroots effort created by a team of Stanford genetic counselors and genetic counseling students in March 2020.
Our goal is to provide a platform to execute projects focused on education, outreach, advocacy, and service delivery needs to promote systemic change and build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive genetic counseling community.
We welcome all genetic counselors and genetic counseling students in the Stanford community to join us!
Visit our website for details on our charter, resources, events, and more!
For more information, please contact https://med.stanford.edu/genetic-counseling/contact-us.html
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