TABLE 4.

Social care training among PEM fellows and PDs, total and by position type

Social care training	Total	Fellow	PD	p‐value
Prepared to assist families with social needs				—
Very prepared/prepared	12 (8)	8 (7)	4 (9)
Neutral	23 (15)	14 (13)	9 (20)
Unprepared/very unprepared	118 (77)	87 (80)	31 (70)
Previously received training on SDH				<0.001
Yes	112 (73)	89 (82)	23 (52)
No	33 (22)	14 (13)	19 (43)
Do not remember	8 (5)	6 (6)	2 (5)
When received training on SDH a,b				—
Medical school	77 (69)	73 (82)	4 (17)
Residency	88 (79)	82 (92)	6 (26)
Fellowship	31 (28)	23 (26)	8 (35)
Faculty training	18 (16)	1 (1)	17 (74)
Self‐directed	31 (28)	24 (27)	7 (30)
Other	1 (1)	1 (1)	0 (0)
Previously received training in screening for social needs				<0.001
Yes	53 (35)	50 (46)	3 (7)
No	79 (52)	47 (43)	32 (73)
Do not remember	21 (14)	12 (11)	9 (20)
When received training in screening for social needs a,b				—
Medical school	24 (45)	24 (48)	0 (0)
Residency	45 (85)	45 (90)	0 (0)
Fellowship	10 (19)	8 (16)	1 (33)
Faculty training	4 (4)	1 (2)	3 (100)
Self‐directed	5 (9)	5 (10)	0 (0)
Other	1 (2)	1 (2)	0 (0)
Education fellows received (PD only) a,b				—
Evidence‐based social care screening tools	—	—	5 (11)
Local social care resources	—	—	18 (41)
National social care resources	—	—	3 (7)
Local social care challenges	—	—	9 (20)
Review of broad social care needs/challenges	—	—	18 (41)
Other	—	—	1 (2)
None	—	—	15 (34)

Data are reported as n (%).

Abbreviations: PD, program director; PEM, pediatric emergency medicine.

^a Variable is based on check all that apply and, therefore, the sum % of response is larger than the sample of the population.

^b Subquestion with smaller n than main question stem.