Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita
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Ann. Ist. Super. Sanita · Oct 2018
Information needs on precision medicine: a survey of Italian health care professionals.
Despite advances in technology development for precision medicine, obstacles remain as barriers to progress and change. In this context simple questions arise: what is the level of understanding of precision medicine among healthcare professionals? We tried to address this question with a survey whose objective was to explore the perception and understanding of precision medicine. ⋯ Our findings show that healthcare professionals have partial knowledge on this topic and that there is a significant association between respondents' knowledge and their clinical specialty. However, despite some misconceptions about precision medicine, a genuine interest and familiarity with its basic principles seems to emerge.