Table 1.

Foundation year 1 doctors' self confidence ratings for core competencies prior to (retrospective) and current (final 4 weeks) of F1 training.

Core competency	Confidence prior to undertaking FY1 (mean, SD)	Confidence at end of FY1 (mean S.D.)	Paired t-test, p-value	95% CI
Venous cannulation	6.7 (3.0)	9.8 (0.5)	<0.0001	1.8–4.5
Arterial blood gases	6.3 (3.3)	9.7 (0.5)	<0.0001	1.9–4.9
Prescribing	4.6 (2.1)	9.5 (0.6)	<0.001	4.0–5.9
Male catheterisation	5.2 (2.9)	8.9 (1.7)	<0.001	2.4–5.0
ECG	7.6 (1.9)	9.0 (2.0)	0.014	0.3–2.5
Venesection	8.1 (2.3)	9.9 (0.3)	0.003	0.7–2.9
Intermediate Life support	3.2 (2.6)	7.1 (2.5)	<0.001	2.8–5.1
Nasogastric tube insertion	5.2 (2.9)	9.3 (1.2)	<0.001	2.6–5.6

Range of scores from Likert scale 1–10 where 1 = no confidence and 10 = confident, no concerns. N = 18.