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. 2021 Feb 26;12(1):e7–e20. doi: 10.36834/cmej.67870
Clinical Case 1
18-year-old gay man 18-year-old heterosexual man
How necessary do you consider it to be to perform a physical examination of the patient?* Pre-Training Post-Training Δ p Pre-Training Post-Training Δ d p
Intervention; mean (SD) 4.92 (0.3) 4.91 (0.3) -0.01 NS 4.67 (0.5) 5.00 (0.0) 0.33 1.38 0.04
Control; mean (SD) 4.83 (0.5) 4.65 (0.6) -0.18 NS 4.76 (0.5) 4.65 (0.6) -0.11 NS
d = effect size calculated by Cohen’s
Clinical Case 2
55-year-old woman with female partner 55-year-old woman with male partner
How [motivated] do you feel about this patient? Pre-Training Post-Training Δ d p Pre-Training Post-Training Δ p
Intervention; mean (SD) 3.90 (0.8) 4.53 (0.5) 0.63 0.94 0.013 4.44 (0.6) 4.40 (0.7) -0.04 NS
Control; mean (SD) 4.32 (0.7) 4.24 (0.7) -0.08 NS 4.13 (0.9) 4.19 (0.8) 0.06 NS
How necessary do you think it would be to take a sexual history of this patient?* Pre-Training Post-Training Δ p Pre-Training Post-Training Δ d p
Intervention; mean (SD) 3.89 (1.0) 4.27 (0.9) 0.38 NS 3.67 (1.0) 4.53 (0.8) 0.86 0.95 0.012
Control; mean (SD) 4.06 (1.0) 4.14 (0.9) 0.08 NS 3.63 (0.8) 4.05 (1.0) 0.42 NS
If available, you think this patient would need screening (Y/N) for: Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p OR Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p
Ovarian cancer
Intervention; count = Y, (%) 10 (55.6) 14 (93.3) 37.7 0.015 10.0 10 (55.6) 12 (80) 24.4 NS
Control; count = Y, (%) 22 (68.8) 15 (68.2) -0.6 NS 20 (62.5) 15 (68.2) 5.7 NS
OR = Odds ratio calculated by McNemar’s
Clinical Case 3
45-year-old transgender man 45-year-old cisgender woman
Do you think this patient needs screening (Y/N) for: Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p OR Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p OR
Breast cancer
Intervention; count = Y, (%) 4 (22.2) 11 (73.3) 51.1 0.033 1 7 (38.9) 12 (80) 41.1 0.017 2.33
Control; count = Y, (%) 15 (46.9) 9 (40.9) -6 NS 16 (50) 14 (63.6) 13.6 NS
Do you think this patient needs screening (Y/N) for: Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p
Cervical cancer
Intervention; count = Y, (%) 14 (77.8) 14 (93.3) 15.5 NS 18 (100) 15 (100) 0 NS
Control; count = Y, (%) 22 (68.8) 12 (54.5) -14.3 NS 31 (96.9) 20 (90.0) -6.9 NS
If available, you think this patient would need screening (Y/N) for: Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p
Ovarian cancer
Intervention; count = Y, (%) 13 (72.2) 14 (93.3) 21.1 NS 17 (94.4) 15 (100) 5.6 NS
Control; count = Y, (%) 20 (62.5) 10 (45.5) -17 NS 31 (96.9) 19 (86.4) -10.5 NS
Which pronoun would you use to refer to this patient? Pre-Training Post-Training Δ (%) p
She/Her
Intervention; count, (%) 3 (16.7) 2 (13.3) -3.4 NS
Control; count, (%) 8 (25) 5 (22.7) -2.3 NS
He/Him
Intervention; count, (%) 9 (50) 10 (66.7) 16.7 NS
Control; count, (%) 16 (50) 13 (59.1) 9.1 NS
They/Them
Intervention; count, (%) 5 (27.8) 3 (20.0) -7.8 NS
Control; count, (%) 9 (28.1) 6 (27.3) -0.8 NS
Unsure
Intervention; count, (%) 5 (27.8) 3 (20.0) -7.8 NS
Control; count, (%) 9 (28.1) 4 (18.2) -9.9 NS
Other
Intervention; count, (%) 2 (11.1) 1 (6.7) -4.4 NS
Control; count, (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 NS