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Table 2 Mean learner confidence pre- and postcurriculum in year 1 (n = 51) and year 2 (n = 59)

From: Unifying interdisciplinary education: designing and implementing an intern simulation educational curriculum to increase confidence in critical care from PGY1 to PGY2

Curricular topic

Pre

Post

p value

95% CI

Anaphylaxis

 Year 1

0.73

1.57

< .0001

(0.60, 1.09)

 Year 2

0.78

1.73

< .0001

(0.78, 1.22)

Sepsis

 Year 1

1.00

1.84

< .0001

(0.59, 1.09)

 Year 2

1.00

2.03

< .0001

(0.81, 1.30)

Acute coronary syndrome

 Year 1

1.02

1.65

< .0001

(0.38, 0.88)

 Year 2

0.88

1.82

< .0001

(0.73, 1.13)

Status epilepticus

 Year 1

0.67

1.63

< .0001

(0.70, 1.21)

 Year 2

0.61

1.73

< .0001

(0.90, 1.38)

Pulmonary embolism

 Year 1

1.19

1.80

< .0001

(0.34, 0.88)

 Year 2

1.07

1.95

< .0001

(0.64, 1.15)

Advanced cardiac life support

 Year 1

0.96

1.75

< .0001

(0.56, 1.01)

 Year 2

0.81

1.88

< .0001

(0.87, 1.31)

Cerebral vascular accident

 Year 1

1.00

1.59

< .0001

(0.34, 0.83)

 Year 2

0.92

1.87

< .0001

(0.71, 1.25)

Endotracheal intubation

 Year 1

0.98

1.24

.1510

(− 0.07, 0.58)

 Year 2

0.78

1.33

< .0001

(0.30,0 .86)

Central line placement

 Year 1

1.13

1.76

.0006

(0.30, 0.96)

 Year 2

1.02

1.55

.0003

(0.26, 0.86)

Lumbar puncture

 Year 1

1.12

1.63

.0041

(0.19, 0.84)

 Year 2

0.98

1.52

.0003

(0.27, 0.89)

Defibrillation

 Year 1

0.75

1.47

< .0001

(0.43, 1.01)

 Year 2

0.66

1.63

< .0001

(0.70, 1.23)

Transcutaneous pacing

 Year 1

0.38

1.08

< .0001

(0.43, 0.95)

 Year 2

0.36

1.32

< .0001

(0.72, 1.17)

Cardioversion

 Year 1

0.42

1.22

< .0001

(0.53, 1.06)

 Year 2

0.41

1.48

< .0001

(0.81, 1.30)

Death notification

 Year 1

0.96

1.82

< .0001

(0.62, 1.10)

 Year 2

0.98

1.88

< .0001

(0.62, 1.13)

Medical error notification

 Year 1

0.85

1.63

< .0001

(0.53, 1.04)

 Year 2

1.00

1.75

< .0001

(0.50, 1.01)

  1. All data are represented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. ACLS advanced cardiac life support, CI confidence interval