Table 2.

Results of Pre/Post Survey of Residents’ Liberation Medicine Knowledge and Skills (N = 17)

	Pre-curriculum*	Post-curriculum	P value
Define Liberation Medicine
I can describe the concept of Liberation Medicine	3.53 ± 0.95	5.00 ± 0.69	< 0.0001
I recognize how to apply the ideals of Liberation Medicine to my clinical practice	3.17 ± 0.99	4.78 ± 0.73	< 0.0001
I can describe biological, psychological, and social factors that influence the health of individuals and families	5.17 ± 0.79	5.39 ± 0.78	0.36
I have an awareness of the impact of societal injustice on health status	5.61 ± 0.50	5.50 ± 0.79	0.63
I am comfortable defining implicit bias	4.61 ± 0.92	5.22 ± 0.88	0.04
Individual advocacy
I can address social determinants of health in clinical care with my patients	4.78 ± 1.00	4.89 ± 0.90	0.7
My own subconscious bias has the potential to impact the medical care I deliver	5.61 ± 0.61	5.22 ± 0.65	0.07
I am able to advocate for individual patients and families within clinical encounters	4.78 ± 0.65	5.00 ± 0.69	0.3
I can promote human dignity and patient empowerment within the clinical encounter	4.89 ± 0.68	5.00 ± 0.91	0.61
Community advocacy
I can identify specific examples where communities or community organizations have attempted to address social determinants of health	4.72 ± 1.07	4.94 ± 0.87	0.26
I can promote principles of social medicine within the larger medical community	4.94 ± 0.94	4.78 ± 0.81	0.53
I can identify strategies to collaborate with communities to address the health needs of that community	3.94 ± 1.06	4.28 ± 0.96	0.16
I am able to advocate for my patient population on a local level	4.17 ± 0.86	4.44 ± 0.78	0.35
Public health advocacy
I recognize how to apply the ideals of Liberation Medicine to clinical research	2.61 ± 0.98	4.67 ± 0.77	< 0.0001
I am able to advocate for my patient population at a national level	3.53 ± 1.04	4.39 ± 0.92	0.009
I recognize the power of the physician’s voice in the public domain	4.94 ± 0.80	5.33 ± 0.84	0.17
I am comfortable communicating with my key legislators about issues that are important to my patients	3.39 ± 1.42	4.22 ± 1.40	0.005
I am comfortable writing an editorial about an issue important to my patients	3.00 ± 1.08	4.33 ± 0.91	< 0.0001
I recognize how research results can be used as a tool for advocating on behalf of patients and communities	5.00 ± 0.91	5.11 ± 0.90	0.61
I am able to apply research results to advocate on behalf of patients and communities	4.06 ± 1.06	4.89 ± 1.08	0.003

*Rated on a Likert scale where 1=strongly disagree to 6=strongly agree