. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 4.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Oct;142(4):445–451. doi: 10.1309/AJCPH2A4XTXJUKDZ

Table 1.

PGY-4 resident ability ratings by topic area

Subject Area^*	Specific Topic	Percentage Responding (Excellent/Very Good)	Mean^**+
Molecular pathology	Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)	25%	2.85
	DNA Sequencing	18%	2.60
Combined topics	Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)	11%	2.25
	Microarray data	11%	2.24
Genomic medicine	Next- generation sequencing (NGS)	9%	2.08
	Genome- wide association studies (GWAS)	6%	1.94

Specific topics grouped into three subject areas by authors

^**

Examinees were asked to rate their “ability to determine the clinical significance” of data related to each specific topic. Response options: (1) Poor, (2)Fair, (3)Good, (4)Very Good, (5)Excellent

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P <0.001 (one-way ANOVA comparing topic areas)