Blog 2: Genetic Counseling

Genetic counseling is a job where you look at the different genes of the parents and determine the risk of an inherited disorder. If your two people are known to have the genes of a certain disease or cancer, it is not a good idea for those to to have a baby because the baby might be born with that disease, so it is up to the counselor to find out these things. The typical salary for these counselors is $65,846 a year. In order to become a genetic counselor, you must have a take training courses in college. You need a masters degree in genetic counseling. Then you must be certified by taking a certification exam by the American Board of Genetic Counseling.

References:
http://www1.salary.com/Genetics-Counselor-Salary.html
http://www.genome.gov/10001156
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_counseling
http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/Career/53/Genetic_Counselor#Tab=Requirements