Table 1.

Resident and Faculty Differences in Substance Abuse–related Practices, Confidence, and Attitudes

	Residents	Faculty
Counseling patients with alcohol problems at least usually, %	67	90
Counseling patients with drug problems at least usually, %	66	88
Confidence in assessment and intervention skills, mean	3.4	3.7
Agreement with negative attitudes toward substance-abusing patients, mean	4.0	4.3

Scales reported above range from 1 to 5 with 5 being the most favorable response (see text). All comparisons reported in the table are statistically significant.