Are Australasian Genetic Counselors Interested in Private Practice at the Primary Care Level of Health Service?

This study explored the perceived interest in development of private genetic counseling services in collaboration with primary care physicians in the Australasian setting by online survey of members of the Australasian Society of Genetic Counselors. Four hypothetical private practice models of profe...

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Publicado en:Journal of Genetic Counseling Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 783 - 797
Autores principales: Sane, Vrunda, Humphreys, Linda, Peterson, Madelyn
Formato: forms questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2015
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          Sane, Vrunda
          Humphreys, Linda
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        affil: School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road Brisbane 4069 Australia
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          Genetic Counseling
          Private Practice
          Primary Health Care
          Attitude of Health Personnel
          Family History
          Risk Assessment
          Human
          Pilot Studies
          Survey Research
          Counselors
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Data Collection, Computer Assisted
          Paired T-Tests
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Insurance, Liability
          Australia
          New Zealand
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: This study explored the perceived interest in development of private genetic counseling services in collaboration with primary care physicians in the Australasian setting by online survey of members of the Australasian Society of Genetic Counselors. Four hypothetical private practice models of professional collaboration between genetic counselors and primary care physicians or clinical geneticists were proposed to gauge interest and enthusiasm of ASGC members for this type of professional development. Perceived barriers and facilitators were also evaluated. 78 completed responses were included for analysis. The majority of participants (84.6 %) showed a positive degree of interest and enthusiasm towards potential for clinical work in private practice. All proposed practice models yielded a positive degree of interest from participants. Model 4 (the only model of collaboration with a clinical geneticist rather than primary care physician) was the clearly preferred option (mean = 4.26/5), followed by Model 2 (collaboration with a single primary care practice) (mean = 4.09/5), Model 3 (collaboration with multiple primary care clinics, multidisciplinary clinic or specialty clinic) (mean = 3.77/5) and finally, Model 1 (mean = 3.61/5), which was the most independent model of practice. When participants ranked the options in the order of preference, Model 4 remained the most popular first preference (44.6 %), followed by model 2 (21.6 %), model 3 (18.9 %) and model 1 was again least popular (10.8 %). There was no significant statistical correlation between demographic characteristics (age bracket, years of work experience, current level of work autonomy) and participants' preference for private practice models. Support from clinical genetics colleagues and the professional society was highly rated as a facilitator and, conversely, lack of such support as a significant barrier.
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