S1091 Barriers to Hepatitis C Virus Testing According to Latest CDC Recommendations Among Trainees of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at a Single Tertiary Academic Medical Center

Differences in Provider Hepatitis C Virus Screening Recommendations by Patient Risk Status

“…This is consistent with previous research that found that family medicine PCPs had higher rates of screening their patients for HCV compared to other primary care specialties (e.g., internal medicine) ( Kasting et al, 2021 ). On the contrary, another study reported that there was a knowledge gap in HCV screening during training years between internal medicine and family medicine, with more internal medicine residents correctly answering questions on HCV screening knowledge ( Nallapeta et al, 2021 ). Our study indicates future research should focus on improving HCV screening recommendation across primary clinical specialties.…”