Developing and evaluating online printed educational material on cancer and genetics.
- Conditions
- Cancer and genetics, general practice, family medicine, education, continuing medical education (CME), randomized controlled trial (RCT), printed educational material (PEM)
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22094
- Lead Sponsor
- The author is based at VU University Medical Center and Maastricht University MUMC+.
- Brief Summary
Houwink, E. J., L. Henneman, et al. (2012). "Prioritization of future genetics education for general practitioners: a Delphi study." Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. Genet Med advance online publication 5 January 2012. <br><br> Houwink, E. J., S. J. van Luijk, et al. (2011). "Genetic educational needs and the role of genetics in primary care: a focus group study with multiple perspectives." BMC family practice 12: 5.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 66
To be eligible for the study, Dutch GPs outside the provinces of Noord Holland (METC approval from the VU University Medical Center acquired) and Limburg (METC approval acquired from the Maastricht University MUMC+) are required to work full- or part-time in a family practice setting. They are not required to comfortless use the internet, however a computer with internet access is necessary to access the online and login accessible genetic CME.
GPs are excluded if they are unwilling or unable to participate in either randomly assigned study group. Dutch GPs inside the provinces of Noord Holland and Limburg, because of logistic reasons and because we wished to evaluate participants knowledge based on the PEM intervention and not the live continuing educational meeting held in Noord Holland and Limburg. Validity of the test results could otherwise be diminished because of selection bias.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge is assessed immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 months later by mail linked to an online questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participants are also assessed for satisfaction of the online PEM immediately after the intervention. 6 months later the intervention group is further assessed for applicability of the acquired knowledge in daily genetic patient care.