title: Teaching clinical management skills for genetic testing of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer using a Web-based tutorial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To pilot and evaluate an interactive Web-based continuing medical education tutorial on clinical management of hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) and genetic testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gastroenterology fellows and genetic counseling trainees were asked to read standard written materials before taking the tutorial. A pretest/post-test assessment was used to measure change in subjects' clinical management skills.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects made the correct management decision 63.9% of the time before the tutorial and 81.1% of the time after the tutorial (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Supplementing written materials with an interactive program may assist medical professionals in integrating their knowledge of HNPCC and genetic testing into clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itzkowitz
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D013663:Teaching