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Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study

Medical and health science students represent future health professionals, and their perceptions are essential to increasing awareness on genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics. Lack of education is one of the significant barriers that may affect health professional’s ability to interpret and communi...

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Autores principales: Rahma, Azhar T., Elsheik, Mahanna, Elbarazi, Iffat, Ali, Bassam R., Patrinos, George P., Kazim, Maitha A., Alfalasi, Salma S., Ahmed, Luai A., Al Maskari, Fatma
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7711592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040191
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author Rahma, Azhar T.
Elsheik, Mahanna
Elbarazi, Iffat
Ali, Bassam R.
Patrinos, George P.
Kazim, Maitha A.
Alfalasi, Salma S.
Ahmed, Luai A.
Al Maskari, Fatma
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Elsheik, Mahanna
Elbarazi, Iffat
Ali, Bassam R.
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Kazim, Maitha A.
Alfalasi, Salma S.
Ahmed, Luai A.
Al Maskari, Fatma
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description Medical and health science students represent future health professionals, and their perceptions are essential to increasing awareness on genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics. Lack of education is one of the significant barriers that may affect health professional’s ability to interpret and communicate pharmacogenomics information and results to their clients. Our aim was to assess medical and health science students’ knowledge, attitudes and perception for a better genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated questionnaire distributed electronically to students recruited using random and snowball sampling methods. A total of 510 students consented and completed the questionnaire between December 2018 and October 2019. The mean knowledge score (SD) for students was 5.4 (±2.7). There were significant differences in the levels of knowledge by the year of study of bachelor’s degree students, the completion status of training or education in pharmacogenomics (PGX) or pharmacogenetics and the completion of an internship or study abroad program (p-values < 0.05. The top two barriers that students identified in the implementation of genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics were lack of training or education (59.7%) and lack of clinical guidelines (58.7%). Concerns regarding confidentiality and discrimination were stated. The majority of medical and health science students had positive attitudes but only had a fair level of knowledge. Stakeholders in the UAE must strive to acquaint their students with up-to-date knowledge of genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics.
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spelling pubmed-77115922020-12-04 Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study Rahma, Azhar T. Elsheik, Mahanna Elbarazi, Iffat Ali, Bassam R. Patrinos, George P. Kazim, Maitha A. Alfalasi, Salma S. Ahmed, Luai A. Al Maskari, Fatma J Pers Med Article Medical and health science students represent future health professionals, and their perceptions are essential to increasing awareness on genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics. Lack of education is one of the significant barriers that may affect health professional’s ability to interpret and communicate pharmacogenomics information and results to their clients. Our aim was to assess medical and health science students’ knowledge, attitudes and perception for a better genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated questionnaire distributed electronically to students recruited using random and snowball sampling methods. A total of 510 students consented and completed the questionnaire between December 2018 and October 2019. The mean knowledge score (SD) for students was 5.4 (±2.7). There were significant differences in the levels of knowledge by the year of study of bachelor’s degree students, the completion status of training or education in pharmacogenomics (PGX) or pharmacogenetics and the completion of an internship or study abroad program (p-values < 0.05. The top two barriers that students identified in the implementation of genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics were lack of training or education (59.7%) and lack of clinical guidelines (58.7%). Concerns regarding confidentiality and discrimination were stated. The majority of medical and health science students had positive attitudes but only had a fair level of knowledge. Stakeholders in the UAE must strive to acquaint their students with up-to-date knowledge of genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics. MDPI 2020-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7711592/ /pubmed/33114420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040191 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rahma, Azhar T.
Elsheik, Mahanna
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Patrinos, George P.
Kazim, Maitha A.
Alfalasi, Salma S.
Ahmed, Luai A.
Al Maskari, Fatma
Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort knowledge and attitudes of medical and health science students in the united arab emirates toward genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7711592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040191
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