Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION
Volume 77, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC COLL PHARMACY
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe77110
Keywords
pharmacogenomics; continuing education; genetic testing; survey; personalized medicine
Funding
- Mayo Clinic Eisenberg Genomics Educational Program
- National Center for Research Resources
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) [1 UL1 RR024150]
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Objectives. To evaluate hospital and outpatient pharmacists' pharmacogenomics knowledge before and 2 months after participating in a targeted, case-based pharmacogenomics continuing education program. Design. As part of a continuing education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), pharmacists were provided with a fundamental pharmacogenomics education program. Evaluation. An 11-question, multiple-choice, electronic survey instrument was distributed to 272 eligible pharmacists at a single campus of a large, academic healthcare system. Pharmacists improved their pharmacogenomics test scores by 0.7 questions (pretest average 46%; posttest average 53%, p=0.0003). Conclusions. Although pharmacists demonstrated improvement, overall retention of educational goals and objectives was marginal. These results suggest that the complex topic of pharmacogenomics requires a large educational effort in order to increase pharmacists' knowledge and comfort level with this emerging therapeutic opportunity.
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