Table 2.
School A | School B | School C | School D | School E | School F | School G | School H | ||
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Variable | (64.60% Response Rate) | (53.10% Response Rate) | (11.70% Response Rate) | (26.90% Response Rate) | (27.20% Response Rate) | (57% Response Rate) | (16.20% Response Rate) | (39.40% Response Rate) | |
PGx Faculty | Terminal degree | Ph.D. | Ph.D. | Ph.D. and clinical Pharm.D. | Clinical Pharm.D. | Ph.D. | R.Ph. and Ph.D. | Ph.D. | Ph.D. |
Formal PGx training | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Other PGx-related training | PGx coursework as part of a Pharmacology Ph.D. | Applied PGx research as an industry senior scientist position | PGx certificate program | No | Molecular and epigenetics | PGx post-doc fellowship | PGx Ph.D. and post-doc fellowship in PGx | Involved in PGx research in the past | |
PGx didactic course details | Standalone or integrated? | Standalone | Standalone | Both | Integrated | Integrated | Standalone | Both | Standalone |
If integrated, what course? | N/A | N/A | Pharmacokinetics (2 lectures) | Pharmacotherapy | Pharmacology | N/A | Several courses | N/A | |
If standalone, is it required or an elective? | Elective | Required | Elective | N/A | N/A | Required | Required | Required | |
Average student per year for the elective courses | 35 | N/A | 10–15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
When is the course offered? | 1st, 2nd, or 3rd professional year | 2nd professional year | 3rd professional year | 2nd or 3rd professional year | 2nd professional year | 3rd professional year | 3rd professional year | 2nd professional year | |
Length of course/credits | 1 semester; 2 credit hours | 1 semester; 2 credit hours | 1 semester; 2 credit hours | N/A | N/A | 1 semester; 2 credits | 1 semester; 2 credits | 1 semester; 2 credits | |
PGx Course Learning Objectives | To identify medications that require or are recommended by FDA to have PGx testing | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes |
To recommend appropriate PGx tests for the medications that require testing | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | |
To accurately interpret pharmacogenomics tests | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | |
To recommend alternative therapies or doses when required by a PGx test result | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Become familiar with how to access, interpret, and use the CPIC guidelines | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | No | |
PGx APPEb | PGx APPE opportunity | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Length of APPE | N/A | 5 weeks | N/A | 5 weeks | 6 weeks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
bThe PGx APPE training addresses all the learning objectives listed.