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Educational priorities and current involvement in genetic practice: a survey of midwives in the Netherlands, UK and Sweden

Benjamin, Caroline M. (author)
Anionwu, Elizabeth N. (author)
Kristoffersson, Ulf (author)
Lund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för klinisk genetik,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Division of Clinical Genetics,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine
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ten Kate, Leo P. (author)
Plass, Anne Marie C. (author)
Nippert, Irmgard (author)
Julian-Reynier, Claire (author)
Harris, Hilary J. (author)
Schmidtke, Joerg (author)
Challen, Kirsty (author)
Calefato, Jean Marc (author)
Waterman, Christine (author)
Powell, Eileen (author)
Harris, Rodney (author)
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Elsevier BV, 2009
2009
English.
In: Midwifery. - : Elsevier BV. - 1532-3099 .- 0266-6138. ; 25:5, s. 483-499
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  • Objective: to investigate whether practising midwives are adequately prepared to integrate genetic information into their practice. Design: a cross-sectional, postal, structured questionnaire survey was sent to practising midwives. Setting: practising midwives from the Netherlands (NL), Sweden (SE) and the United Kingdom (UK). Participants: 1021 replies were received, achieving a response rate of 62%. Findings: 79% (799/1015) of midwives reported attending courses with some 'genetic content' during their initial training. Sixty-eight per cent (533/784) judged this to have been useful for clinical practice. Variation was seen between countries in the amount of genetic content in post-registration training (SE 87%, NL 44%, UK 17%) and underpinned by genetic knowledge. For eight of the 12 procedures, fewer than 20% of midwives considered themselves to be confident. Differences were apparent between countries. Midwives identified psychosocial, screening and risk assessment aspects of genetic education as being important to them, rather than technical aspects or genetic science. Conclusions: given the low reported confidence with genetic issues in clinical practice, it is essential that this is addressed in terms of the amount, content and targeting of genetic education. This is especially important to ensure the success of national antenatal and baby screening programmes. The results of this study suggest that midwives would welcome further training in genetics, addressing genetic topics most relevant to their clinical practice. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

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European
Postal survey
Education
Genetics
Midwifery
Nursing

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