Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants

From: The development of the Clinician-reported Genetic testing Utility InDEx (C-GUIDE): a novel strategy for measuring the clinical utility of genetic testing

Provider type

n (%)

 Medical geneticists

24 (21.2)

 Genetic counselors

24 (21.2)

 Pediatrics

20 (17.7)

 Other subspecialtiesa

45 (39.8)

Populationb

 Pediatric/prenatal

61 (54.0)

 Adult

99 (87.6)

Practice typeb

 Academic health science center

91 (80.5)

 Community-based hospital or private practice (or other)

30 (26.5)

Practice location

 Canada

108 (95.6)

 Outside of Canadac

5 (4.4)

Years in clinical practice

 0–10

40 (35.4)

 >10

73 (64.6)

Years ordering genetic testing

 0–10

51 (45.1)

 >10

62 (54.9)

Most frequently ordered genetic test

 Chromosomal microarray

30 (26.5)

 Single gene/multigene

69 (61.1)

 Exome sequencing/other

14 (12.4)

  1. aOther specialist groups represented include cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, immunology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, and public health and preventive medicine, respirology, rheumatology.
  2. bCheck all that apply.
  3. cOther countries include United Kingdom, United States.
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