Genetics in clinical practice: general practitioners' educational priorities in European countries.

Purpose: To assess how general practitioners (GPs) from European countries prioritized their genetic educational needs according to their geographic, sociodemographic, and educational characteristics.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey, random and total samples of GPs in five European countries (France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and United Kingdom), mailed questionnaires;

Outcome: Genetic Educational Priority Scale (30 items; six subscores).

Results: A total 1168 GPs answered.

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

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.

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

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).