Co-Investigator - Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield
Co-Investigator - Prof Val Jenkins
Data Manager - Dr Ruth Habibi
Funder: AstraZeneca
Sponsor: Sussex University
Genetic testing of women at high risk of developing breast cancer is not new, but there are increasing calls to offer BRCA I/II testing to all breast cancer patients to assist treatment planning. Many clinicians who interact with patients are not experienced in genetic testing and many genetic counsellors are not experienced in cancer care. Both nevertheless may be faced with challenging conversations about genetic risk with patients and their relatives.
This project aims to evaulate a rollout of the workshops for healthcare professionals in how to commincate about these issues, being delivered by a cohort of facilitators trained to run the workshops using the materials previously developed and validated as part of the TRUSTING project.
Number of participants recruited: 120
Current Stage:
Closed
Publication
Roll-out of an educational workshop to improve knowledge and self-confidence of health professionals engaged in mainstreaming of breast cancer genetics https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307301Poster
Roll out and influence on practice of the Talking about Risk, Uncertainties of Testing in Genetics (TRUSTING) educational programme posters/UKIBICSTrusting2024.pdf Presented at UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium 2024Poster
Roll out and influence of an educational program Talking about Risk, UncertaintieS of Testing IN Genetics (TRUSTING) posters/ASCO_TRUSTING_2024.pdf Presented at ASCO 2024 2024