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dc.contributor.authorZillacus, E.
dc.contributor.authorMeiser, B.
dc.contributor.authorLobb, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorDudding, T.
dc.contributor.authorBarlow-Stewart, K.
dc.contributor.authorTucker, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:07:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:07:34Z
dc.date.created2011-06-21T20:01:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationZillacus, Elvira and Meiser, Bettina and Lobb, Elizabeth and Dudding, Tracey E. and Barlow-Stewart, Kristine and Tucker, Katherine. 2010. The Virtual Consultation: Practitioners' Experiences of Genetic Counseling by Videoconferencing in Australia. Telemedicine and e-Health. 16 (3): pp. 350-357.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8575
dc.identifier.doi10.1089/tmj.2009.0108
dc.description.abstract

Objective: Videoconferencing for clinical genetics services, or telegenetics, is becoming an increasingly utilized method of delivering genetic counseling to rural areas; however, there has been little qualitative exploration of the practitioner's experience, particularly for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer counseling. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with genetic practitioners (n=15) delivering telegenetics services in New South Wales, Australia. Interviews explored experiences, perceived aims of the service, satisfaction, and the advantages and disadvantages of the technology. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and thematically analyzed.Results: All practitioners were highly satisfied with telegenetics. They perceived the advantages of videoconferencing as primarily increased efficiency and convenience for genetic clinicians, minimized travel for the patient, reduced costs, and increased access to rural areas. Disadvantages included the inhibition of rapport building between genetic clinician and patient and the difficulty in detecting nonverbal cues. Telegenetics was seen as a structured interaction that allowed less time for emotional exploration than a traditional face-to-face consultation. Technical disadvantages involved visual resolution, connection speed, and interruptions to voice transmission. Conclusion: Practitioners were satisfied with telegenetics and perceived the advantages as outweighing the disadvantages.

dc.publisherMary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers
dc.titleThe Virtual Consultation: Practitioners' Experiences of Genetic Counseling by Videoconferencing in Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume16
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage350
dcterms.source.endPage357
dcterms.source.issn1530-5627
dcterms.source.titleTelemedicine and e-Health
curtin.departmentWA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care (WACCPC)
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