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Assessing educational priorities in genetics for general practitioners and specialists in five countries: factor structure of the Genetic-Educational Priorities (Gen-EP) scale

Författare

  • Jean-Marc Calefato
  • Irma Nippert
  • Hilary J. Harris
  • Ulf Kristoffersson
  • Jorg Schmidtke
  • Leo P. Ten Kate
  • Elizabeth Anionwu
  • Caroline Benjamin
  • Kirsty Challen
  • Anne-Marie Plass
  • Rodney Harris
  • Claire Julian-Reynier

Summary, in English

Purpose: A scale assessing primary care physicians' priorities for genetic education (The Gen-EP scale) was developed and tested in five European countries. The objective of this study was to determine its factor structure, to test scaling assumptions and to determine internal consistency. Methods: The sample consisted of 3686 practitioners (general practitioners, gyneco-obstetricians, pediatricians) sampled in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom. We first determined the factor structure of the Gen-EP scale (30 items) on the whole sample. Scaling assumptions were then tested on each country using multitrait scaling analysis. Internal consistency was assessed across the five countries. Results: Six factors were identified accounting for 63.3% of the variance of the items. They represented the following priorities for genetic education: "Genetics of Common Diseases"; "Ethical, Legal, and Public Health Issues"; "Approaching Genetic Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice"; "Basic Genetics and Congenital Malformations"; "Techniques and Innovation in Genetics" and "Psychosocial and Counseling Issues." In each country, convergent and discriminant validity were satisfactory. Internal-consistency reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) were all above the acceptable threshold (0.70). Conclusion: The Gen-EP scale could be a helpful instrument in different countries to organize and evaluate the impact of genetic educational programs for primary care providers.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

99-106

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Genetics in Medicine

Volym

10

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Nature Publishing Group

Ämne

  • Medical Genetics

Nyckelord

  • continuing education
  • factor analysis
  • reliability
  • genetics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1098-3600