Table 3.

Current and preferred modes of learning about genomics (n=273)*

Mode of learning about genomics	Currently use (%)	Prefer to use (%)
Continuing professional development/continuing medical education activities	51.8	79.8
Consult colleagues and peer	54.0	79.4
Internal workplace specialty seminars, conferences or similar	34.1	74.0
Departmental presentations	35.8	72.0
Clinical meetings	34.8	71.4
External specialty seminars, conferences, etc	36.0	67.3
Internal workplace genetic or genomic seminars, conferences, etc	24.9	66.3
Reading specialty texts	48.2	63.2
Online webinars, courses, massive open online courses (MOOCs), etc	15.8	59.6
Certification/fellowship activities	34.4	56.4
External genetic or genomic seminars, conferences, etc	18.4	50.0
Small group tutorials	8.1	44.9
Study days at place of employment	12.5	41.9
Genomic research project	17.6	32.6
Time in a service or laboratory with genomics expertise	6.2	17.6
Mass media	12.5	14.0
Social media	7.4	11.0
Other (eg, fact sheet written by geneticist)	0.0	0.4

*Respondents could select more than one mode.