In response to mounting concerns regarding a perceived shortage of genetic counselors, the Genetic Counselor Workforce Working Group (WFWG) was established in 2013 to identify barriers to growth of the genetic counseling workforce. After completing a workforce analysis and confirming a shortage, the WFWG convened a strategic planning session in 2017 to identify goals and strategies that would increase the number of certified counselors to meet the current and future workforce demands and ensure access to genetic counselor services. Subcommittees were formed and charged with achieving assigned goals; one such subcommittee included a curriculum working group to build a dynamic and effective educational infrastructure to increase the number of genetic counselors graduated from accredited training program. This paper reports of progress of the WFWG Curriculum Subcommittee toward achieving this goal through a narrative literature review that identifies innovative education methods that help to increase capacity of fieldwork training, both in genetic counseling training programs and in other health professions. Of the five thematic areas identified in this study, four are analyzed for insight into building clinical capacity: systems/infrastructure, rotation structure/models, skill building, and novel techniques. While additional studies are needed to establish best practices in these thematic areas, there are several take‐aways that training programs can begin to utilize as they look to expand training opportunities. While growth of the genetic counseling workforce will continue to be a long‐term issue, programs should begin to think creatively and innovatively about how to reach beyond traditional fieldwork training formats to build capacity. The strategies explored in this paper offer feasible and untapped solutions that can help support efforts to establish a sustainable genetic counseling workforce.

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叙述性文献综述：通过提高遗传咨询培训计划的实地工作能力来增加劳动力

为了应对人们对遗传咨询师短缺的日益担忧，遗传咨询师劳动力工作组 (WFWG) 于 2013 年成立，以确定遗传咨询劳动力增长的障碍。在完成劳动力分析并确认短缺后，WFWG 于 2017 年召开了战略规划会议，以确定目标和战略，以增加认证顾问的数量以满足当前和未来的劳动力需求并确保获得遗传顾问服务。成立了小组委员会并负责实现指定的目标；其中一个小组委员会包括一个课程工作组，以建立一个充满活力和有效的教育基础设施，以增加从认可培训计划毕业的遗传咨询师的数量。本文通过叙述性文献综述报告了 WFWG 课程小组委员会在实现这一目标方面取得的进展，该综述确定了有助于提高实地工作培训能力的创新教育方法，包括遗传咨询培训计划和其他卫生专业。在本研究确定的五个主题领域中，分析了四个领域以深入了解临床能力建设：系统/基础设施、轮换结构/模型、技能培养和新技术。虽然需要额外的研究来建立这些主题领域的最佳实践，但在寻求扩大培训机会时，培训计划可以开始利用一些要点。虽然遗传咨询劳动力的增长将继续是一个长期问题，项目应该开始创造性地思考如何超越传统的实地工作培训形式来建设能力。本文探讨的策略提供了可行且尚未开发的解决方案，可以帮助支持建立可持续遗传咨询队伍的努力。