Table 1.

Students were asked to indicate their level of confidence in their ability to do each of 25 selected ISCC-integrated core competencies in genomic medicine.

Competency	Average confidence†
Use online genetics-specific resource	2.25 ± 0.15
Use empirical risk figures to provide information for multifactorial conditions	2.37 ± 0.13
Explain the core strategies for genomic testing for microbial disease	2.47 ± 0.13
Explain reasons for false-positive and false-negative microbial genomics tests	2.50 ± 0.14
Explain analytic validity, clinical validity and clinical utility as they relate to genomic testing	2.50 ± 0.15
Describe the basic patterns of Mendelian inheritance	3.97 ± 0.11
Appreciate the importance and abundance of genetic diversity in humans	4.19 ± 0.10

^†Lowest: 1 (Not at all confident); Highest: 5 (Extremely confident).

The five lowest and two highest scoring competencies of the 25 tested with average confidence level ± standard error of the mean (n = 62). ISCC: Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Physician Education in Genomic.