A systematic review of interventions to provide genetics education for primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Paneque, Milena ^a,b   Turchetti, Daniela ^c   Jackson, Leigh ^d   Lunt, Peter ^d   Houwink, Elisa ^e,f   Skirton, Heather ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Primary care; Professional education; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SELF CONCEPT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84978923016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0483-2     Document Type: Review

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