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The Genetic Counseling Graduate Program at IU School of Medicine is a 21-month Masters level program thats accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC). The program offers comprehensive training and hands-on clinical experience to prepare students for a challenging and rewarding career in genetic counseling. The programs faculty and staff are proud to have contributed to the training of accomplished genetic counselors for more than 25 years.

Students learn through a variety of courses on genetics, laboratory and psychosocial topics as well as through extensive clinical experience and individual clinical research. Graduates of this MS program are accomplished in all areas of genetic counseling, including cancer, prenatal and pediatric genetics, public health genomics and industry, and they have a strong record of success on the ABGC board examination.

The Genetic Counseling Graduate Program curriculumbegins with a fall semester of didactic courses and clinical observations that focus on the basics of human genetics and enable students to begin practical application of skills in clinical case research and preparation, medical documentation, and patient counseling in the clinical setting. Clinical rotations begin in the spring semester of the first year and continue throughout the summer semester and entire second academic year. Successful completion of the Genetic Counseling graduate program at IU School of Medicine leads to a Master of Science degree in medical genetics.

Students in this program are supervised by supportive, experienced, licensed certified genetic counselors and board-certified medical geneticists. The curriculum offers deep clinical experience, which requires active participation in all aspects of the case preparation, counseling and follow-up as well as experience across numerous specialty areas, including pediatrics, cancer, prenatal diagnostics, metabolism, cardiovascular genetics, neurogenetics, and more.

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