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. 2019 Oct 7;12:247–255. doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S222705

Table 2.

Educational Exposure To PGx

Question Frequency (Percentage)
Did you study, during your university education, that there are inter-individual and inter-ethnic variations in the drug response?
 Yes 372 (79.8%)
 I am not sure 48 (10.3%)
 No 41 (8.8%)
 Missing 5 (1.1%)
 Total 466 (100%)
How did you learn about PGx?
 University lectures 342 (73.4%)
 Scientific conferences 12 (2.6%)
 Social media 94 (20.2%)
 Television programs 9 (1.9%)
 Missing 9 (1.9%)
 Total 466 (100%)
How many pharmaceutical courses mentioned and described PGx?
 0 108 (23.2%)
 1 185 (39.7%)
 2 85 (18.2%)
 More than 2 80 (17.2%)
 Missing 8 (1.7%)
 Total 466 (100%)
How many lectures, from different courses, mentioned and described the effect of genetic variants on the drug response?
 <3 258 (55.4%)
 3–5 104 (22.3%)
 6–10 53 (11.4%)
 >10 42 (9%)
 Missing 9 (1.9%)
 Total 466 (100%)
Did the PGx information you received during pharmaceutical courses enable you to understand the effect of genetic variants on the drug response?
 Yes 47 (10.1%)
 I am not sure 125 (26.8%)
 No 281 (60.3%)
 Missing 13 (2.8%)
 Total 466 (100%)
Did the lecturers describe the effect of genetic variants on the drug response clearly?
 Yes 183 (39.3%)
 I am not sure 181 (38.8%)
 No 93 (20%)
 Missing 9 (1.9%)
 Total 466 (100%)