Download Genetic Counseling Aids App

Genetic Counseling
Aids App
Creative Inquiry Proposal
October 26, 2016
What are Genetic Counseling Aids?
• First published by Greenwood Genetic Center
in 1984
• Go-to international resource for visual aids
• 6th edition – 2013 with an app version
What are Genetic Counseling Aids
• First published by Greenwood Genetic Center
in 1984
• Go-to international resource for visual aids
• 6th edition – 2013 with an app version
6 sections
96 pages +
teaching aids + app
Chromosomes
and pedigrees
35 pages
1st
1984
6th
1989
1995
2002
2007
2013
How Counseling Aids are Used
Counseling Aids App
• All diagrams in digital form
– General Genetics
– Cytogenetics
– Biochemical Genetics
– Molecular Genetics
– Prenatal Diagnosis
– Cancer Genetics
Suggestions from users
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Ability to scroll through slides
Create personalized slideshow
Print images
Ability to draw on
slides
Wish List
• Animation of some slides
– Nondisjunction
– Translocations
Wish List
• Animation of some slides
– Nondisjunction
– Translocations
• Calculator feature
½ * 1/100 * ¼ =
Wish List
• Animation of some slides
– Nondisjunction
– Translocations
Resources
• Calculator feature
• Resource button
– Links to
support org, professional
resources, lab testing info, etc.
Your creative ideas…
• Using technology to improve the
patient’s experience and
understanding – especially with risk figures.
• How to make the app more user-friendly for
doctors and genetic counselors
Resources
• Miller J, Wieloch S, Sehnert S, Yarnall S. (2016) Are visual aids helpful in
genetic telecounseling? A case-control study. NSGC AEC.
• Higgs L, Valverde K, Forman A. (2015)The development of visual aids for
genetic counseling about multi-gene hereditary breast cancer panels.
NSGC AEC.
• Yee LM et al. (2014) A randomized trial of a prenatal genetic testing
interactive computer information aid. Prenat Diag. 34(6); 552-7.
• Garcia-Retamero R, Okan Y, Cokely E. (2012) Using Visual Aids to Improve
Communication of Risks about Health: A Review. Scientific World Journal.