Table 2.

Self-assessment of knowledge in addiction medicine among trainees with matched pre and post scores among medical learners undergoing rotation with a hospital addiction medicine consult team (n = 48)

Competency§	Before n (%) 48 (78.7%)	After n (%) 48 (88.9%)	Mean differenceM (SD)	P-value
Substance use screening (mean)	4.08	4.69	0.60 (2.29)	0.073
History taking	4.00	4.92	0.92 (2.66)	0.020*
Signs and symptoms examining	4.00	4.71	0.71 (2.25)	0.034*
Treating withdrawal	3.79	4.58	0.79 (2.02)	0.009*
Relapse prevention	3.17	4.71	1.54 (2.55)	0.0001**
Nicotine use disorders	3.90	4.65	0.75 (2.49)	0.042*
Opioid use disorders	3.63	4.79	1.17 (2.35)	0.001*
Safe prescribing	3.27	4.75	1.48 (2.42)	0.0001**
Biology of substance use disorders	4.00	4.67	0.67 (1.77)	0.012*
TOTAL	33.83	42.46	8.63 (18.44)	0.002*

^§Please see Appendix for the full details of competencies assessed