Preparing tomorrow's doctors for the genomics era: A nationwide survey of UK medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low confidence in genomics knowledge among clinicians is a major barrier to the integration of genomics into mainstream medicine. Here, we assessed the genomics confidence of UK medical students approaching graduation.

Methods

We conducted a web-based nationwide survey of UK medical students in the final 2 years of study where participants rated their confidence in genomics concepts.

Results

In total, 145 medical students across 19 medical schools participated. The amount of genomics teaching students reported receiving was positively associated with genomics confidence, with the amount of basic science teaching having the strongest influence. While confidence was high in core genomics principles, such as the difference between DNA, genes and chromosomes

SUBMITTER: Seed L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11099300 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature