Table 1 Percent correct on RISE-FIRST questions.
From: Call for improvement in medical school training in genetics: results of a national survey
Undergraduate Training in Genomics (UTRIG)-developed pilot genetics questions | % Correct |
|---|---|
Utility of BRCA testing | 63% |
Utility of whole exome sequencing | 61% |
Next-generation sequencing coverage | 29% |
Germline vs. somatic testing | 31% |
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) | 7% |
Use of online genomics tools | 26% |
Average | 36% |
Graded molecular pathology/genomics (MP/G) questions | |
Principles of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | 81% |
Epigenetic changes | 80% |
Association of Lynch syndrome with microsatellite instability | 67% |
Karyotype abbreviation inversion; definition | 90% |
Retinoblastomas; variants in the RB1 gene | 84% |
Variants that introduce a stop codon | 81% |
Karyotype interpretation; amniotic fluid | 81% |
Average | 81% |
Anatomic pathology questions (90 questions) | |
Average | 69% |
Clinical pathology questions (71 questions; includes graded MP/G questions) | |
Average | 63% |
