An educational intervention for medical students to improve self-efficacy in firearm injury prevention counseling

Table 3 Measures of self-efficacy, attitude/beliefs and knowledge of FIP in intervention groups before and immediately after receiving educational intervention*

n = 71	Pre	Post	Diff	p-value
1. I feel ready to counsel patients about firearm injury prevention				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	2.9 (1.1)	3.9 (0.7)	1.0 (1.0)
2. I am confident I can provide appropriate advice and resources to patients about firearm safety				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	2.8 (1.0)	3.9 (0.6)	1.1 (0.9)
3. There is not enough time in a doctor visit to talk about injury risk and prevention with a patient				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	3.1 (1.0)	2.7 (1.0)	−0.4 (0.8)
4. Asking patients about firearms is a violation of privacy and can damage the patient-doctor relationship				0.849
Mean (SD)	1.8 (0.6)	1.8 (0.8)	0.0 (0.6)
5. Physicians should be trained to provide firearm safety counseling				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	3.9 (0.7)	4.2 (0.7)	0.3 (0.6)
6. Gun violence should be considered a public health issue				0.458
Mean (SD)	4.4 (0.7)	4.5 (0.6)	0.0 (0.5)
7. It is the physician’s role to counsel and advise about firearm safety and prevention				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	3.7 (0.9)	4.0 (0.8)	0.3 (0.7)
8. Number of correct quiz responses				< 0.001
Mean (SD)	3.0 (1.1)	5.4 (1.0)	2.4 (1.3)

*Questions 1–2 = self-efficacy, 3–7 = attitudes/beliefs, 8 = knowledge
** All responses were scored using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree)

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