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Mayar Al Mohajer1, Michael Lyons, Eileen King
11Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Objectives:
To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of residents and attendings in emergency medicine (EM) and internal medicine (IM) about HIV.
Methods:
An electronic anonymous 41-question survey of IM and EM physicians at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center.
Results:
The survey was completed by 232 physicians (71.6%). EM residents were more likely to routinely offer HIV testing compared to IM residents (60.7% vs. 27.8%, P = 0.0009). Overall, there was no difference in offering HIV testing by sex (32% vs. 35.6%) or by residents versus attendings (33.8% vs. 33.3%). Only 70 physicians (30.9%) were aware of current CDC recommendations of HIV screening with attendings more knowledgeable than residents (41.7% vs. 26%, P = 0.017).
Conclusion:
EM and IM residents and attendings fail to offer HIV testing or assess for HIV transmission risk factors with sufficient frequency. There is also a gap in knowledge of the current CDC recommendations.
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