Table 2.
Changes in Expertise and Competence of Forensic Nurses Following Completion of an e-Learning Curriculum on the Provision of Tran-Affirming Sexual Assault Care
| Variable | N | Pretraining |
Post-training |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Perceived expertisea | 65 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.78 | <0.001 |
| Perceived competenceb | ||||||
| Initial assessment | 65 | 3.9 | 0.58 | 4.5 | 0.55 | <0.001 |
| Medical care | 63 | 3.5 | 0.80 | 4.5 | 0.53 | <0.001 |
| Forensic examination | 64 | 3.6 | 0.70 | 4.5 | 0.53 | <0.001 |
| Discharge and referral | 64 | 3.7 | 0.73 | 4.4 | 0.52 | <0.001 |
| Demonstrated competencec | 65 | 2.4 | 0.86 | 3.0 | 0.86 | <0.001 |
a
Rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1=low level, 2=low-mid level, 3=mid-level, 4=mid-high level, 5=high level).
b
Based on means of all valid responses to competencies within each of four core content domains of training, as rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither disagree nor agree, 4=agree, and 5=strongly agree).
c
Based on the mean number of correct responses to four multiple choice questions on a clinical vignette.
M, mean; SD, standard deviation.