Canadian/international research project on neurologists' perceptions about the use of genetic/genomic tests in their clinical practice

OMICS-ETHICS Research Group at the University of Montreal would like to invite you to participate in an anonymous web-based questionnaire addressing neurologists' views about the potential use of genomic testing, in particular Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS) in their clinical practice, and the return of the results of such a test to patients.

Your participation is important, whatever your specialty in neurology, whether or not you already used genomic testing in your practice, whether or not you agree with such a use, and independently of your level of expertise in genetics.

Genomic diagnostic tools are currently being developed in various fields of neurology and their implementation into some clinical settings has already begun. Yet, there is no study aimed at assessing neurologists' perspectives towards the implementation of such a technology in their practice, and the scientific as well as the ethical challenges it can raise. It is very important to document and give due consideration to your views on such topics.It should take you 10 minutes to fill in the online questionnaire.

Please click on the following link and use the password "neuro" to access the online survey and to obtain more information about our study:

http://www.medsp.umontreal.ca/irspum_db/wgs

We kindly ask for your assistance in forwarding this message to your colleagues (neurologists).

Thank you in advance for your valuable contribution.

Béatrice Godard
OMICS-ETHICS Research Group
University of Montreal
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
7101, av. du Parc, Montréal
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Tel.: 514 343-6111, # 44036

This research is conducted by the Omics-Ethics Research Group, University of Montreal, Canada. You can find more information about NGS such as Whole-Genome Sequencing by clicking on the Glossary button on the bottom of the pages of this questionnaire .

Disclaimer: This announcement is made by the ICNA on behalf of the OMICS-ETHICS Research Group University of Montreal. The announcement or the research linked to is not financially supported by or in any way endorsed by the ICNA, nor is any implication of the same intended by OMICS-ETHICS Group, University of Montreal. A fee has not been paid to the ICNA for providing this announcement