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TRUSTING (<jats:bold>T<\/jats:bold>alking about <jats:bold>R<\/jats:bold>isk &amp; <jats:bold>u<\/jats:bold>ncertaintie<jats:bold>s<\/jats:bold> of <jats:bold>T<\/jats:bold>esting <jats:bold>in G<\/jats:bold>enetics is an educational programme shown to significantly improve HCPs\u2019 knowledge, communication, self-confidence, and self-awareness. We rolled out TRUSTING workshops across the UK and probed their influence on mainstreaming within BC clinics.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>1 surgeon, 3 oncologists, and 1 nurse specialist who had attended the original TRUSTING evaluation project were trained to facilitate the 8-hour programme in pairs. The participants (all health care professionals) attending their workshops completed 3 questionnaires: - 1) the Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale, 2) an 18-item multiple choice knowledge questionnaire about <jats:italic>BRCA<\/jats:italic> 1\/2 gene testing, incidence and risk reducing interventions and 3) a 10-item questionnaire exploring self-confidence when advising patients and their families about these issues. Both knowledge and self-confidence were re-tested post workshop together with evaluation of the facilitators\u2019 approach and overall satisfaction with the event. Follow-up questionnaires 3\u201312 months later examined impact of workshops on HCPs\u2019 own practice and how mainstreaming was working in their clinics.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>120 HCPs (61 surgeons; 41 nurses; 9 oncologists; 9 other) attended 12 workshops. Knowledge scores (mean change = 6.58; 95% CI 6.00 to 7.17; p&lt;0.001), and self-confidence (mean change = 2.64; 95% CI 2.33 to 2.95; p&lt;0.001) improved significantly post workshop. Ratings for the facilitators\u2019 approach were uniformly high (mean range 9.6 to 9.9 \/10). Most delegates found the workshops useful, enjoyable, and informative and 98% would definitively recommend them to colleagues. Follow-up data (n = 72\/96) showed that 57% believed attendance had improved their own practice when discussing genetic testing with their patients. When asked about mainstreaming more generally, 78% reported it was working well, 18% had not yet started, and 3% thought it was problematic in their centre.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Discussing the implications that having a pathogenic gene alteration has for patients\u2019 treatment and risk-reducing interventions is complex when patients are already coming to terms with a breast cancer diagnosis. 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