Bank Paul Cd, Swen Jesse J, Guchelaar Henk-Jan
Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Pharmacogenomics. 2018 Mar;19(4):311-319. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2017-0175. Epub 2018 Feb 23.
To benchmark knowledge and attitude of pharmacy students toward pharmacogenetics (PGx) and PGx testing and compare the results with practicing colleagues.
All pharmacy students in The Netherlands were invited to participate in a web-based survey consisting of 28 questions. Out of the 824 invited students, 148 individuals (18.0%) completed the questionnaire. All responders believed in the concept of PGx and had high expectations toward PGx. The majority (96.6%) had received some form of education on PGx, but only 12.8% felt adequately informed.
When compared with practicing pharmacists, differences were observed in the use of information and feeling qualified to recommend PGx testing.
More education on PGx is required in the curriculum to fill the perceived knowledge gap among future pharmacists.
评估药学专业学生对药物遗传学(PGx)及PGx检测的知识和态度,并将结果与从业同行进行比较。
邀请荷兰所有药学专业学生参与一项包含28个问题的网络调查。在824名受邀学生中,148人(18.0%)完成了问卷。所有受访者都认同PGx的概念,并对PGx抱有很高期望。大多数人(96.6%)接受过某种形式的PGx教育,但只有12.8%的人觉得自己了解充分。
与从业药剂师相比,在信息使用及认为自己有资格推荐PGx检测方面存在差异。
课程中需要增加关于PGx的教育,以填补未来药剂师之间明显的知识差距。