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. 2023 Aug;47(4):235–241. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2022.18

Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of pre- and post-workshop confidence ratings by general practitioner specialist trainees and core psychiatry trainees

Skill Pre-workshop median confidence rating (1–5) Post-workshop median confidence rating (1–5) % Difference in median confidence rating Wilcoxon signed-rank test statistic (Z) P-value
History-taking 3 3.50 +16.67% −2.121 P = 0.034*
Risk assessment 3 3.50 +16.67% −1.414 P = 0.157
Section 136 assessment 1.5 3 +100% −2.070 P = 0.038*
Use of Section 5(2) 2.5 3.50 +40% −1.994 P = 0.046*
Physical health review 3 3.50 +16.67% −1.732 P = 0.083
Managing side-effects of antipsychotics 3 3 0 −2.333 P = 0.020*
Assessment and management of alcohol withdrawal 3 3 0 −2.236 P = 0.025*
Overall confidence working in psychiatry 2.50 3.50 +40% −2.070 P = 0.038*
*

P < 0.05.