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Article: The growing needs of genetic counselling—Feasibility in utilization of tele-genetic counselling in Asia and Hong Kong

TitleThe growing needs of genetic counselling—Feasibility in utilization of tele-genetic counselling in Asia and Hong Kong
Authors
Keywordsgenetic counselling
Hong Kong Genome Project
tele-genetic counselling
tele-genetics
telemedicine
Issue Date3-Aug-2023
PublisherFrontiers Media
Citation
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023, v. 14 How to Cite?
Abstract

The need for the expansion of genomic services has been at a record time high in the past decade. As technological advancement continues to strengthen the entire genetic and genomic pipeline and clinical operational workflow, the major challenge remains to be the speed of workforce development to meet service growth. In particular, the international expansion of genetic counselling (GC) services has been a topic of interest for the past few years. GC is an emerging profession in most of Asia, and in many countries the profession of GC often refers to physicians or front-line health workers with expertise in genetics to provide GC services rather than being a specific independent profession. As genetic and genomic services, especially pre-test and post-test GC, expand globally, the need to tackle the longstanding obstacles of GC personnel shortage and funding issues must not be overlooked. There is an urgent need internationally, and especially in Asia, where GC profession is comparatively less well-established, to seek alternative approaches to meet service demand. The present review examines the global development and feasibility of tele-genetics and tele-genetic counselling (TGC), and serves as the foundation to explore a possible roadmap in Hong Kong via the Hong Kong Genome Project.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/339530
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.853
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dc.contributor.authorChu, Annie Tsz Wai-
dc.contributor.authorChung, Claudia Ching Yan-
dc.contributor.authorHue, Shirley Pik Ying-
dc.contributor.authorChung, Brian Hon Yin-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:37:23Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:37:23Z-
dc.date.issued2023-08-03-
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Genetics, 2023, v. 14-
dc.identifier.issn1664-8021-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/339530-
dc.description.abstract<p>The need for the expansion of genomic services has been at a record time high in the past decade. As technological advancement continues to strengthen the entire genetic and genomic pipeline and clinical operational workflow, the major challenge remains to be the speed of workforce development to meet service growth. In particular, the international expansion of genetic counselling (GC) services has been a topic of interest for the past few years. GC is an emerging profession in most of Asia, and in many countries the profession of GC often refers to physicians or front-line health workers with expertise in genetics to provide GC services rather than being a specific independent profession. As genetic and genomic services, especially pre-test and post-test GC, expand globally, the need to tackle the longstanding obstacles of GC personnel shortage and funding issues must not be overlooked. There is an urgent need internationally, and especially in Asia, where GC profession is comparatively less well-established, to seek alternative approaches to meet service demand. The present review examines the global development and feasibility of tele-genetics and tele-genetic counselling (TGC), and serves as the foundation to explore a possible roadmap in Hong Kong via the Hong Kong Genome Project.<br></p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherFrontiers Media-
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Genetics-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectgenetic counselling-
dc.subjectHong Kong Genome Project-
dc.subjecttele-genetic counselling-
dc.subjecttele-genetics-
dc.subjecttelemedicine-
dc.titleThe growing needs of genetic counselling—Feasibility in utilization of tele-genetic counselling in Asia and Hong Kong-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fgene.2023.1239817-
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dc.identifier.volume14-
dc.identifier.eissn1664-8021-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001050283400001-
dc.identifier.issnl1664-8021-

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