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. 2018 Mar 27;9(1):e59–e67.

Table 1.

Paired t-test of the 5-item questions assessing confidence towards IPC

PRE POST Δ 95% Confidence Interval Effect Size**

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Lower Upper p-value* D (upper, lower)
1. Your current knowledge of the roles and scope of practice of the nursing profession 5.05 (1.58) 7.47 (1.26) 2.42 (1.39) 1.75 3.09 <.001* 1.74 (1.17, 2.45)
2. Your ability to talk to a nurse as a medical learner (about things you don’t know, aspects of patient care, etc.) 6.79 (1.81) 8.52 (1.35) 1.74 (1.91) 0.816 2.66 <.001* 1.11 (0.51, 1.93)
3. Your understanding of when and how to collaborate with the nursing profession as a medical learner to improve patient care (e.g., consultations, asking other opinions or assessments of patient’s status) 5.00 (1.41) 7.95 (1.18) 2.95 (1.39) 2.28 3.62 <.001* 2.33 (1.80, 2.97)
4. Your ability to learn from and work together with non-physician professions (e.g., OT, PT, pharmacist, social worker) 5.68 (1.60) 7.74 (1.24) 2.05 (1.62) 1.27 2.83 <.001* 1.48 (0.92, 2.20)
5. Your ability to identify contributions to patient care that different disciplines offer 5.37 (1.83) 7.74 (1.24) 2.37 (1.98) 1.42 3.32 <.001* 1.56 (1.00, 2.38)

Adjectival scaling responses; 1 = Not confident at all, 10 = Totally confident

*

two-tailed test of significance using a Bonferroni correction, α = 0.01

**

Cohen’s D effect size