Table 2 Demographic Features, Self-Rated Competence in Medical Interviewing, and Importance of the Medical Interview to Practice for 58 New Internal Medicine Faculty
Characteristics | No. of faculty | Self-rated competence in medical interviewing, score, average ± SD* | Self-rated importance of medical interview to practice, score, average ± SD* | Matched pairs mean difference between self-rated importance of medical interview and competence in interviewing (95% CI) | P value† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants | 58 | 7.7 ± 1.2 | 9.4 ± 1.0 | 1.7 (1.4–2.0) | <.001 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 37 | 7.5 ± 1.2 | 9.2 ± 1.1 | 1.7 (1.3–2.1) | <.001 |
Female | 21 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 9.6 ± 0.6 | 1.6 (1.1–2.2) | <.001 |
P value‡ | .115 | .180 | |||
Age, y | |||||
≤ 40 | 43 | 7.7 ± 1.0 | 9.2 ± 1.0 | 1.5 (1.1–1.8) | <.001 |
>40 | 14 | 7.5 ± 1.6 | 9.8 ± 0.6 | 2.3 (1.5–3.0) | <.001 |
P value‡ | .870 | .059 | |||
Specialty | |||||
Generalist | 18 | 8.1 ± 1.1 | 9.5 ± 0.9 | 1.4 (1.0–1.8) | <.001 |
Specialist | 40 | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 9.3 ± 1.0 | 1.8 (1.4–2.2) | <.001 |
P value‡ | .042§ | .293 | |||
Years since training// | |||||
≤ 1 | 22 | 7.3 ± 1.4 | 9.0 ± 1.3 | 1.7 (1.0–2.3) | <.001 |
>1 | 35 | 7.9 ± 1.0 | 9.6 ± 0.6 | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | <.001 |
P value‡ | .032 | .039 | |||
Benefit from additional communication training? | |||||
Yes | 33 | 7.5 ± 1.2 | 9.4 ± 0.8 | 1.9 (1.5–2.3) | <.001 |
Maybe or no¶ | 25 | 8.0 ± 1.1 | 9.3 ± 1.1 | 1.4 (0.8–1.9) | <.001 |
P value‡ | .162 | .860 |