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JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY GENETICS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 85-93Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-018-0364-6
Keywords
Genetics; Medical; Primary health care; Education; Medical; Genetic services; Rural health services; Education; Continuing
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- Clinical Teacher's Association at Queen's University, ON, Canada
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To effectively translate genetic advances into practice, engagement of primary care providers (PCPs) is essential. Using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology, we analyzed key informant interviews and focus groups designed to explore perspectives of urban and rural PCPs. PCPs endorsed a responsibility to integrate genetics into their practices and expected advances in genetic medicine to expand. However, PCPs reported limited knowledge and difficulties accessing resources, experts, and continuing education. Rural practitioners' additional concerns included cost, distance, and poor patient engagement. PCPs' perspectives are crucial to develop relevant educational and systems-based interventions to further expand genetic medicine in primary care.
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