At Greenwood (S.C.) Genetic Center, Wesley G. Patterson is a PA in genetics and Leta M. Tribble is director of the Division of Education. At Clemson (S.C.) University's School of Nursing, Casey S. Hopkins is an assistant professor and Tracy K. Fasolino and Linda D. Ward are associate professors. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2023 Sep 1;36(9):34-40. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000947044.74047.11.
This study surveyed practicing physician associates/assistants (PAs) about their genetics-genomics knowledge, attitudes, and application in practice.
A 25-question electronic survey was emailed to each constituent organization of the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) with a description of the study and a request to forward to their members. Additionally, a posting was displayed in the bulletin board section of the online AAPA Huddle.
Of the 420 PAs who completed the survey, few are knowledgeable (25%) about or confident (13%) in applying a genomic approach to patient care, although most (61%) think genetics-genomics is important to delivering high-quality care. Remarkably, 97% of PAs surveyed are interested in genetics-genomics continuing medical education.
PAs lack knowledge and confidence in integrating genetics-genomics into patient care; however, they have a positive attitude toward genetics-genomics and want to improve their knowledge and confidence through education.
本研究调查了执业医师助理（PAs）在遗传学-基因组学方面的知识、态度和应用情况。
向美国医师助理学会（AAPA）的每个成员组织发送了一份 25 个问题的电子调查，其中包括对该研究的描述，并要求转发给他们的成员。此外，还在在线 AAPA Huddle 的公告栏部分发布了一则通知。
在完成调查的 420 名 PAs 中，很少有人（25%）对将基因组方法应用于患者护理有了解或信心（13%），尽管大多数（61%）认为遗传学-基因组学对提供高质量护理很重要。值得注意的是，97%的接受调查的 PAs 对遗传学-基因组学继续医学教育感兴趣。
PAs 在将遗传学-基因组学融入患者护理方面缺乏知识和信心；然而，他们对遗传学-基因组学持积极态度，并希望通过教育提高他们的知识和信心。
