PLoS ONE (Jan 2019)

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,
  • Fernando Campos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214950
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4
p. e0214950

Abstract

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BackgroundAdvanced 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 findingsWe 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 (pConclusionsThese results are potentially useful for designing future training programs and health policies for family medicine residents, and suggest the need to implement specific training programs in advanced therapies at the conceptual, procedural and attitudinal level.