Table 4.

Topics relevant to genomic medicine that medical specialists have learnt about or would like to learn (more) about (n=271)*

Education topic	Have learnt about (%)	Want to learn (more) about (%)
Genetic/genomic knowledge
Basic concepts	77.5	77.1
Disorders and diseases	74.2	83.4
Current applications in genomic medicine	60.9	88.9
Emerging applications in genomic medicine	55.7	87.8
Genetic/genomic testing and technology
Types of genetic tests	64.9	76.4
Types of genomic tests	58.7	77.1
Applications of somatic genomic tests	45.4	75.6
Applications of germline genomic tests	37.6	69.7
Clinical utility of tests	57.6	88.6
Classification of genomic data during testing	41.3	67.9
Limitations of testing	50.2	79.7
Pretest or post-test aspects
Recognising patients who may benefit from genomic testing	60.9	83.0
Communication skills with patients	70.8	63.1
Performing genetic risk assessments	57.6	67.5
Referring appropriately for a genomic test	59.4	81.5
Requesting a genomic test for a patient	53.9	70.8
Interpreting genomic test results	52.0	74.9
Cascade testing	53.9	68.6
Ethical, legal and social implications
Ethical implications	59.0	75.6
Legal implications	52.4	75.3
Psychosocial implications	57.2	74.9

*Respondents could select more than one topic.