title: A train-the-trainer approach to a shared pharmacogenomics curriculum for US colleges and schools of pharmacy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess pharmacy faculty trainers' perceptions of a Web-based train-the-trainer program for PharmGenEd, a shared pharmacogenomics curriculum for health professional students and licensed clinicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pharmacy faculty trainers (n=58, representing 39 colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States and 1 school from Canada) participated in a train-the-trainer program consisting of up to 9 pharmacogenomics topics. Posttraining survey instruments assessed faculty trainers' perceptions toward the training program and the likelihood of their adopting the educational materials as part of their institution's curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-five percent of faculty trainers reported no prior formal training in pharmacogenomics. There was a significant increase (p<0.001) in self-reported ability to teach pharmacogenomics to pharmacy students after participants viewed the webinar and obtained educational materials. Nearly two-thirds (64%) indicated at least a "good" likelihood of adopting PharmGenEd materials at their institution during the upcoming academic year. More than two-thirds of respondents indicated interest in using PharmGenEd materials to train licensed health professionals, and 95% indicated that they would recommend the program to other pharmacy faculty members.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As a result of participating in the train-the-trainer program in pharmacogenomics, faculty member participants gained confidence in teaching pharmacogenomics to their students, and the majority of participants indicated a high likelihood of adopting the program at their institution. A Web-based train-the-trainer model appears to be a feasible strategy for training pharmacy faculty in pharmacogenomics.
authors.affiliation: Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0179, USA. kellylee@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Kelly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Karen Suchanek
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hudmon
authors.forename: Grace M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010597:Pharmacogenetics / Q000193:education*; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D014481:United States