TGRC Educational Materials

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Below you will find a lot of different types of resources that can be used in teaching about psychiatric conditions and genetic counseling. Many of the resources below come with facilitator guides and instructions about how to use them. If you use our materials, we want to hear from you!  If you have any questions or comments about the materials you accessed, or you would like to invite a member of our team to discuss the materials with your class after they have used them, please connect with Dr. Jehannine Austin (jehannine.austin@ubc.ca).

If you want to include a whole section on psychiatric genetic counseling in your curriculum, click on the button below to access our facilitor guide document — which outlines a module on the topic — that was put together by Colton Rathburn, Rachel Mills, Prescilla Carrion, and Heewon Lee.

Facilitor Guide: Word Format

Padlet

Password: Psychiatric GC

Lectures

Clinical Application of Psychiatric Genomics

Application of genetic counselling to improve outcomes for people with psychiatric disorders and their families. Speaker: Angela Inglis, MSc, Genetic Counsellor (2 hrs.)
 

Taking about risk: Foundations for psychiatric genetic counselling

Speaker: Dr. J9 Austin, PhD (28:47)
 

Psychiatic Diagnoses: An introduction and orientation

Speaker: Dr. J9 Austin, PhD (35:39)
 

Psychiatric Genetics: A primer on history and current state of knowledge

Speaker: Dr. J9 Austin, PhD (39:54)
 

Case-based learning

Case for learners

Case for facilitators

Exhibits

Resources and teaching aids

22q resource booklet

General mental illness booklet

Jar model slide deck

Role plays

Role plays

Observer guide

Patient actor guide

Simulated session

Facilitator guide

Psychiatric Genetic Counselling Session

A simulated psychiatric genetic counselling session. (1 hr.)