Table.

Residents’ self assessed responsibility, confidence, competence and interest in caring for drug users

Variable	Residents with Positive Response, Before N (%)	Residents with Positive Response, After N (%)	P-value
How responsible do you feel for:
Screening for drug problems	51 (88)	50 (86)	NS
Counseling about drug problems	43 (74)	52 (90)	0.01
How confident are you in your skills at:
Discussing drugs of abuse	30 (52)	42 (72)	0.05
Discussing drug treatment options	3 (5)	30 (52)	<0.001
Counseling patients about drug problems	10 (17)	33 (57)	<0.001
Initiating change in patients’ drug use	11 (19)	30 (52)	<0.001
How competent and interested are you in:
Using structured alcohol screening tools
Competence	12 (21)	20 (34)	NS
Interest	18 (32)	28 (49)	<0.05
Detecting and assessing clinical manifestations of drug and alcohol use
Competence	7 (12)	17 (29)	<0.05
Interest	23(40)	29 (50)	NS
Using “stages of change” model to assess patient motivation and guiding intervention
Competence	5 (9)	19 (33)	<0.001
Interest	21 (37)	23 (40)	NS
Knowledge and ability to refer to 12 step programs for SUD treatment
Competence	5 (9)	25 (43)	<0.001
Interest	18 (32)	28 (49)	NS
Understanding personal experiences of addicted individuals in trying to be sober
Competence	7 (12)	23 (40)	<0.001
Interest	27 (47)	32 (55)	NS

For residents’ sense of responsibility and confidence, responses were on a 1 – 5 scale where: 1=not at all responsible/confident, and 5=very responsible/confident. We report the proportion of residents who responded positively (4 or 5 versus all others). For residents’ competence and interest variables, responses were on a 1 – 10 scale where 1-3= not very competent/interested, 4-7=moderately competent/interested, and 8-10=very competent/interested. We report proportion of residents who responded positively (8-10 versus all others).