Table 3.

Change in comfort with HPV vaccine counseling among medical students after lecture on HPV.

Survey statement	Mean score at pretest	Mean score at posttest	Mean change between pre- and post- tests (95% CI)
I am comfortable counseling eligible women 18–26 years old on HPV vaccination.	0.32	0.96	0.62 (0.48, 0.76)
I am comfortable counseling eligible men 18–26 years old on HPV vaccination.	0.25	0.95	0.70 (0.56, 0.74)
I am comfortable counseling parents of girls on the HPV vaccine for their child.	0.31	0.94	0.62 (0.48, 0.76)
I am comfortable counseling parents of boys on the HPV vaccine for their child.	0.28	0.95	0.73 (0.59, 0.86)
I am willing to discuss HPV vaccination when patients come in for other problems.	0.76	0.93	0.14 (0.04, 0.23)
I need the following to be more comfortable with counseling patients/parents:
More education on HPV vaccination	0.83	−0.04	−0.86 (−1.00, −0.71)
More safety data on HPV vaccination	0.59	−0.21	−0.85 (−1.00, −0.71)
More time on the market	0.08	−0.41	−0.49 (−0.63, −0.36)
School requirement for HPV vaccination	0.12	−0.30	−0.45 (−0.60, −0.31)
Data on vaccine not promoting sexual activity	0.08	−0.37	−0.41 (−0.56, −0.25)
I am comfortable educating vaccine hesitant patients about HPV vaccination.	0.47	0.88	0.39 (0.26, 0.52)
I am comfortable offering the HPV vaccine to patients who are:
9–10 years old	0.18	0.78	0.58 (0.45, 0.71)
11–12 years old	0.50	0.94	0.45 (0.34, 0.51)
13–17 years old	0.75	0.96	0.23 (0.15, 0.32)
I am uncomfortable recommending a vaccine against sexually transmitted infections.	−0.61	−0.66	−0.01(−0.16, 0.13)

Bolded values indicate significance at p < .05. CI = confidence interval.