Table 2. Reported needs concerning additional training on ethically important topics pertaining to relationships and boundaries during practice (Mean±SD).

	Gender		Overall (N = 108)
Practices (α0.915)	Female (N = 84)	Male(N = 24)	Male and female
1. Accepting gifts from patients	6.10±2.08*	5.00±2.34	5.85±2.18
2. Sexual contact between patients and physicians	6.17±2.45	5.33±2.58	5.98±2.50
3. Drug companies supplying gifts and lunches	6.25±2.35	5.21±2.41	6.02±2.40
5. Interacting with patients’ families	6.80±1.60*	5.88±1.75	6.59±1.68
6. Confidentiality of medical records	6.87±1.80*	6.00±1.72	6.68±1.81
7. Responding to an impaired (e.g. drug or alcohol abuser) colleague	7.31±1.46*	5.88±1.51	6.99±1.58
8. Being asked to falsify clinical information	6.84±1.76	6.08±1.77	6.67±1.78
9. Resolving conflicts between allied health professionals	7.17±1.46*	5.75±1.51	6.85±1.58
10. Giving medical advice to friends & family	6.95±1.56*	6.04±1.57	6.75±1.60
11. Sexual harassment	6.95±1.71*	5.58±2.39	6.64±1.96
12. Personal relationships with patients	6.83±1.70*	4.58±2.24	6.33±2.06
13. Physician’s social & political responsibilities	7.04±1.75*	5.13±2.22	6.62±2.01
14. Coping with mistakes in clinical care	7.44±1.64*	6.58±1.44	7.25±1.63
15. Reporting of medical mistakes	7.71±1.37	7.13±1.26	7.58±1.36
16. Gender bias in clinical care	7.10±1.85*	5.54±2.47	6.75±2.10
17. Balancing one’s personal and professional life	7.30±1.63*	6.13±1.87	7.05±1.74
18. Writing prescriptions for friends, coworkers, or family members	6.67±1.98	6.00±2.09	6.53±2.01
19. Medicine as a profession (as opposed to other forms of work)	7.07±1.73*	5.87±2.36	6.81±1.94
Group means	6.93±1.20*	5.74±1.09	6.66±1.27

Items rated on a scale from 1 = ‘‘much less” to 5 = ‘‘same” to 9 = ‘‘much more” attention needed compared to now.

*Statistically significant difference between male and female, P<0.05