Evaluation of the awareness of novel advanced therapies among family medicine residents in Spain

Miguel Sola, Carmen Sanchez-Quevedo, Miguel A Martin-Piedra, Victor Carriel, Ingrid Garzon, Jesus Chato-Astrain, Oscar-Dario Garcia-Garcia, Miguel Alaminos and Fernando Campos

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: Background: Advanced therapies are increasingly demanded by patients with the intent of treating some incurable conditions. Because family medicine professionals play an important role as health educators, their residency programs should incorporate new knowledge related to advanced therapies. To successfully implement these programs, how family medicine residents perceive these therapies should be investigated. The main components of perception, i.e. conceptual, procedural and attitudinal, refer to knowledge, skills and feelings, respectively. Methods and findings: We designed a specific questionnaire to assess the components of perceptions of advanced therapies in 300 medical residents enrolled in the Spanish National Family Medicine Residency Program. Each component consisted of 4 or 5 topics and each topic contained 6 items. Respondents scored highest in the procedural component (average 4.12±1.00), followed by the attitudinal (3.94±1.07) and conceptual component (3.04±1.43). Differences among the three components were statistically significant (p

Date: 2019
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