The Determination of Genetics and Medical Genetics Knowledge of Students, Physicians and Academics in A Medical Faculty Model

Authors : Atıl Bişgin, Gülşah Kutanis Barbaros

Pages : 7-12

Doi:10.19127/mbsjohs.282375

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Publication Date : 2016-12-26

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Objective: Medical Genetics is one of the latest and hot topics in medicine both as a specialty and as the most recent developments after the human genome project. The aim of this study is to determine the basic knowledge about genetics and medical genetics through the faculty of medicine that had no medical genetics department before. Methods: We assessed the knowledge of medical genetics through a questionnaire that was applied to 549 undergraduate students whom 300 of them were at preclinical and 249 were clinical studies, 149 resident physicians and 86 academic staff in Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. Results: The scores of basic knowledge of genetics were ranged from 40% to 100% with an average of 74% according to our data. This significant difference was related to the age and the education level. However, the scores on the knowledge of medical genetics (as a clinical department) were significantly higher in the academic stuff (54% positivity) than the resident physicians (39% positivity) and medical students. More interestingly, the lowest rate (9% positivity) was in the students group of 4th, 5th and 6th year of medical studies at clinics, while it was 17% of positivity in the first 3 years of medical education Conclusion: As a conclusion, while the great importance of medical genetics is well-accepted in all medical literature, there was still a big gap between medical education and the implementation of medical genetics.
Keywords : Medical genetic, education, medical students