Yamanouchi Yasuko    Department   Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare  ,    Position   Professor
Language	English
Title	The current status of Genetic Counselors in Japan
Conference	The 13th International Congress of Human Genetics
Promoters	ICHG2016
Conference Type	International society and overseas society
Invitation	Invitation
Presentation Type	Speech
Lecture Type	Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)
Publisher and common publisher	◎Yasuko Yamanouchi
Date	2016/04/03
Venue (city and name of the country)	Kyoto, Japan
Summary	A system of certified genetic counselors started from 2005, and 182people (as of March, 2016) are certified by the committee of a system of certified genetic counselors. The certified genetic counselor is "A specialist to support clients who suffer from genetic problems with medical geneticists and to protect their rights, for providing high quality genetic services" (the regulations of certified genetic counselors). The certification needs to renew every 5years under the condition that the credits earned which were prescribed. Anyone who wants to get the qualification is needs to pass certification examination carried out by the system committee after completed a master's course of a graduate school which has certified curriculum (a genetic counselor's training course of certified graduate school: 12schools). 70% of them work at medical institutions and also others work at diverse fields such as genetic testing companies, educational institutions and research Institutions. They work at various employment situations, and harsh conditions. The number of inquirelies of job offering that we accept increase recently. It is necessary to learn to predecessors, but I believe it is essential that genetic counseling and the counselors grow in proportion to the medical system of Japan.