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Table 3 Multivariate Analysis of Physician BCX Knowledge Summary Scores in Model Including Level of Training, Type of Specialty Training, and Self-Reported Theoretical and Practical Blood Culture Related Training.

From: Effects of type and level of training on variation in physician knowledge in the use and acquisition of blood cultures: a cross sectional survey

Category

P-value

95% Confidence Interval of Difference in Scores with Reference Group

Level of Training

Attending*

> PGY3

0.181

-2.385, 0.452

PGY3

0.808

-1.641, 1.279

PGY2

0.081

-2.805, 0.162

PGY1

0.016

-3.379, -0.350

Student

< 0.001

-6.271, -3.224

Specialty/Type of Training

Infectious Diseases

< 0.001

1.691, 5.305

Medicine*

Emergency Medicine

0.255

-2.867, 0.762

Surgery

0.180

-2.609, 0.492

Family Practice

0.099

-3.440, 0.299

Ob-Gyn

0.005

-4.405, -0.780

Pediatrics

0.015

-3.991, -0.439

Self-Reported BCX-related Training

Practical Training

0.347

-0.327, 0.925

Theoretical Training

0.529

-0.430, 0.835

  1. * Excluded due to co-linearity