Development of a questionnaire for evaluating genetics education in general practice

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-183

  Flouris, Anna ^a,b   Hawthorne, Graeme ^b   Aitken, Mary Anne ^a,b   Gaff, Clara ^a,b   Metcalfe, Sylvia A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; General practice; Genetics education; Knowledge; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER GENE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79952362737     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-010-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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