Teaching Forensic Concepts to Residents Using Interactive Online Modules

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Pre- and post-test results on each module.

Table 1

National Distribution of Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrists

	Number of ABPN Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrists per 100,000 Residents
	0–0.24	0.25–0.49	0.50–0.74	0.75–0.99	> 1.00
U.S. States	Alaska (0.13)	Alabama (0.27)	Arkansas (0.6)	California (0.83)	Colorado (1.01)
	Idaho (0.24)	Arizona (0.45)	Florida (0.6)	Hawaii (0.77)	Connecticut (1.45)
	Indiana (0.24)	Delaware (0.42)	Georgia (0.56)	New Hampshire (0.75)	D.C. (2.2)
	Iowa (0.13)	Maine (0.45)	Illinois (0.52)	Ohio (0.78)	Louisiana (1.13)
	Kansas (0.24)	Minnesota (.4)	Kentucky (0.5)	South Carolina (0.89)	Maryland (1.25)
	North Dakota (0.13)	Mississippi (0.37)	Michigan (0.67)	Virginia (0.86)	Massachusetts (1.64)
	Oklahoma (0.15)	Montana (0.38)	Missouri (0.69)		New York (1.29)
		Nebraska (0.47)	Nevada (0.54)		Oregon (1.02)
		New Mexico (0.34)	New Jersey (0.71)		Rhode Island (1.61)
		South Dakota (0.46)	North Carolina (0.65)		Vermont (1.9)
		Tennessee (0.35)	Pennsylvania (0.67)
		Texas (0.49)	Utah (0.52)
		West Virginia (0.49)	Washington (0.55)
			Wisconsin (0.5)
			Wyoming (0.51)
U.S. Census Regions^*	Puerto Rico (0.24)	West North Central (0.36)	East North Central (0.54)	Middle Atlantic (0.89)	New England (1.3)
		East South Central (0.37)	West South Central (0.59)	South Atlantic (0.88)
			Mountain (0.5)
			Pacific (0.66)

↵* Mean value of all states/territories in region. ABPN, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Table 2

Demographic Information for Subjects

Data are presented as n (%). Confidentiality: n = 120; Duties to Third Parties: n = 90.

Table 3

Module Pre-Test Mean Results

	Confidentiality (Standard Deviation)	Duties to Third Parties (Standard Deviation)
Overall	4.57 (1.81)	4.89 (1.75)
Gender
Male	4.46 (1.40)	4.87 (1.46)
Female	4.98 (1.51)	4.83 (1.36)
Year in Training
Postgraduate Year 1	3.92 (1.12)	4.25 (1.22)
Postgraduate Year 2	4.79 (1.62)	5.09 (1.60)
Postgraduate Year 3	4.53 (1.12)	5.00 (1.20)
Postgraduate Year 4	4.73 (1.46)	5.23 (1.23)
Postgraduate Year 5	4.67 (1.97)	4.80 (1.79)
Postgraduate Year 6	6 (0)	5 (0)
Geographic Region
Middle Atlantic	4.88 (1.54)	5.08 (1.32)
Mountain	6 (0)	5 (0)
New England	4.64 (1.26)	4.80 (1.34)
Pacific	4.21 (1.64)	4.87 (1.68)
Puerto Rico	6.33 (2.52)	No score^*
South Atlantic	4.36 (1.39)	6 (1.74)
West North Central	4 (0)	3.5 (0.71)
West South Central	6.6 (0.55)	5 (1.73)
East North Central	No score^*	No score^*
East South Central	No score^*	No score^*

Table 4

Confidentiality Module Post-Test Improvement by Year in Training

Year in Training	n	Post-Test Improvement (Standard Deviation)
Postgraduate Year 1	17	4.12 (1.96)
Postgraduate Year 2	27	2.93 (1.57)
Postgraduate Year 3	16	2.56 (1.63)
Postgraduate Year 4	31	2.68 (2.1)
Postgraduate Year 5	6	1.12 (3.06)
Postgraduate Year 6	1	1 (0)
Decline to Answer	22	2.68 (1.09)