The genetic counseling profession began shortly after the Civil Rights Movement, before effective strategies for inclusion of racial minorities had emerged. Given the historical context of the field and the continued lack of diversity in the professional body, inclusion among genetic counselors of social minority backgrounds is important to examine and address. A group of genetic counselors in the Boston area with social minority backgrounds initiated the Boston Minority Genetic Counselors (BMGC) group to bolster interconnection and support for themselves and their local genetic counselors and trainees of social minority backgrounds. In this paper, we describe the formation of the BMGC and its ongoing work. Future directions include using the BMGC model and/or that of similar organizations, such as the Minority Genetic Professionals Network, as a template to create similar genetic counseling groups that provide support around topics of social minority identities and promote sentiments of inclusion across the profession.

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“波士顿少数民族遗传咨询师”的创建和实用

基因咨询专业是在民权运动之后不久开始的，在此之前，已经出现了有效的包容少数民族的战略。考虑到该领域的历史背景以及专业机构的持续缺乏多样性，在社会少数群体背景的遗传咨询师中纳入研究和解决方案非常重要。波士顿地区具有社会少数族裔背景的遗传咨询师团队发起了波士顿少数民族遗传咨询师（BMGC）小组，以加强自身及其与当地社会少数族裔背景的遗传咨询师和学员的联系和支持。在本文中，我们描述了BMGC的形成及其正在进行的工作。未来的方向包括使用BMGC模型和/或类似组织（如少数群体遗传专家网络）的模型，