Table 4.
Results of questionnaire for self-assessment of genetics knowledge
| Topic | Self-assessment | Unity 1 | Unity 2 | Unity 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| (n = 14) | (n = 8) | (n = 15) | (n = 9a) | (n = 14) | (n = 11) | ||
| Knowledge of medical genetics | Very good | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| (6.7 %) | (9.1 %) | ||||||
| Good | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| (7.1 %) | (25.0 %) | (6.7 %) | (11.1 %) | (9.1 %) | |||
| Fair | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| (50.0 %) | (50.0 %) | (60.0 %) | (77.9 %) | (50.0 %) | (63.6 %) | ||
| Poor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| (42.9 %) | (50.0 %) | (20.0 %) | (11.1 %) | (35.7 %) | (18.2 %) | ||
| Very poor | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | |
| (6.7 %) | (14.3 %) | ||||||
| Sufficiency of knowledge of genetics for current practice | Sufficient | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| (12.5 %) | (20.0 %) | (33.3 %) | (14.3 %) | (18.2 %) | |||
| Intermediate | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| (50.0 %) | (50.0 %) | (40.0 %) | (55.5 %) | (42.9 %) | (63.6 %) | ||
| Insufficient | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| (50.0 %) | (37.5 %) | (40.0 %) | (11.1 %) | (42.9 %) | (18.2 %) | ||
| Confidence in ability to provide information on genetics to patients and their families | Completely confident | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| (6.7 %) | |||||||
| Very confident | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| (12.5 %) | |||||||
| Confident | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| (28.6 %) | (37.5 %) | (33.3 %) | (44.4 %) | (14.3 %) | (63.6 %) | ||
| Somewhat confident | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
| (64.3 %) | (37.5 %) | (40.0 %) | (44.4 %) | (64.3 %) | (36.4 %) | ||
| Not at all confident | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | |
| (7.1 %) | (12.5 %) | (20.0 %) | (11.1 %) | (21.4 %) | |||
aThree professionals did not complete the questionnaire