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The Impact of Supervision Training on Genetic Counselor's Supervisory Identity Development

Lewis, Kimberly
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337950563

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2012, MS, University of Cincinnati, Medicine: Genetic Counseling.
Supervisory identity development can be defined as the extent to which a supervisor is both confident and competent in their current supervisory skills and professional identity. Despite the importance of supervision in the training of genetic counseling students, there are no formal supervision guidelines for genetic counselors who supervise students. The effect of formal supervision training on supervisory identity development has been studied in other counseling fields such as psychology. However, limited research exists regarding how formal supervision training and other variables impact genetic counselor’s supervisory identity development. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of experience and supervision training on supervisory identity development in the field of genetic counseling and to explore genetic counselor’s perceptions of supervision training needs. Genetic counselors were anonymously surveyed regarding their clinical and supervision experience and whether or not they had formal methods of supervision training. Results showed that all three variables seem to play a role in supervisory identity development. Two or more methods of formal supervision training were shown to significantly increase supervisory identity development in counselors who have less than ten years of experience supervising genetic counseling students in a clinical setting. A majority of genetic counselors were interested in receiving supervision training but noted many barriers. It is concluded that formal supervision training should be targeted to those early in their career. Further studies could be useful to identify what course content is currently being taught in supervision training programs for genetic counselors.
Geoffrey Yager, PhD (Committee Chair)
Carrie Atzinger, MS CGC (Committee Member)
Katherine Healy, MS (Committee Member)
Catherine Ramstetter, PhD (Committee Member)
37 p.
Genetics
genetic counseling; clinical supervision; supervision methods; PSDS; supervisory identity development; supervision training;

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  • Lewis, K. (2012). The Impact of Supervision Training on Genetic Counselor's Supervisory Identity Development [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337950563

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lewis, Kimberly. The Impact of Supervision Training on Genetic Counselor's Supervisory Identity Development. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337950563.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lewis, Kimberly. "The Impact of Supervision Training on Genetic Counselor's Supervisory Identity Development." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337950563

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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