Medical training fails to prepare providers to care for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection

Table 6 Differences in total hepatitis B knowledge scores by cohort

Cohort	Difference in score1	(95%CI)	P value
Total hepatitis b knowledge score
Incoming intern	0.0	(Reference)
Outgoing intern	0.1	(-0.9-1.2)
Senior resident2	1.7	(0.4-3.0)	0.010
Attending Physician	0.9	(-0.4-2.2)
Age (5-yr increase)2	-0.4	[-0.6-(-0.1)]	0.003
Responded incorrectly to other cancer screening questions and smoking cessation practices	0.0	(Reference)
Responded correctly to other cancer screening questions and smoking cessation practices2	1.0	(0.2-1.8)	0.010
Age (5-yr increase)	-0.4	[-0.6-(-0.1)]	0.003
Hepatitis b screening knowledge score
Incoming intern	0.0	(Reference)
Outgoing intern	-0.2	(-0.6-0.3)
Senior resident	0.5	(-0.1-1.5)
Attending	0.3	(-0.3-1.0)
Hepatitis b vaccination knowledge score
Incoming intern	0.0	(Reference)
Outgoing intern	0.1	(-0.8-1.2)
Senior resident	0.1	(0.2-2.8)
Attending	0.1	(-0.4-2.2)

¹All estimates adjusted for age (continuous years);

²The P value < 0.05.