Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Medical Student Toward Genetic Counselling and Therapeutic Abortion

Psychometric of physicians' awareness, attitudes and performance questionnaire about genetic counseling and testing

“…Ghasemi et al . (2007)[ 15 ] in their study in Yazd, designed a questionnaire with 11 items to assess the knowledge and attitudes of medical students about medical abortion and genetic counseling. 7 items of this questionnaire were used to assess students 'knowledge about genetic counseling, genetic tests available during pregnancy, and the time and indication of abortion, and another 4 items were used to assess students' views on selected abortion in case of fetal disorders.…”

“…However, Ghasemi et al .did not mention the scale of answering the questions of the questionnaire in the areas of knowledge and attitude, as well as psychometric information (validity and reliability) of the questionnaire. [ 15 ]…”

“…By reviewing studies conducted in the field of genetics in Iran, researchers are more likely to have assessed the attitudes and knowledge of medical students about genetic counseling, abortion therapy,[ 15 ] premarital genetic counseling in couples,[ 16 17 ] the educational needs of couples about thalassemia[ 18 ] and according to our research, little study has been done on measuring the knowledge and attitudes of physicians regarding genetic counseling and a standard scale to measure this important category has not been introduced.…”

Sexual and reproductive health teaching in undergraduate medical education: A narrative review

“…36 Five studies objectively assessed medical student knowledge on a sexual and reproductive health topic before and after a specific education intervention. 4,5,24,33,46 Another study assessed student knowledge before and after the standard 6-month curriculum on bioethics, including the ethics surrounding refusal of abortion care. 45 A survey of medical students in Iran asked about student knowledge about counseling pregnant patients with an abnormal pregnancy before and after a genetics course, concluding that the current training "does not currently prepare medical students adequately for their future role.".…”

“…16,17,21 Thirty-one studies reported student responses about their knowledge on, perceptions of, or experiences with, sexual and reproductive health teaching . [2][3][4][5]8,9,[13][14][15]18,19,24,[32][33][34][35][36][38][39][40][41]43,44,[46][47][48][49][51][52][53]55,56 Five studies provided insights from medical educators about their experiences with contraception and abortion education. 7,23,48,49,53 Two qualitative studies explored student perspectives on sexual and reproductive health education.…”