Table 2.

Level of understanding of interviewing concepts^*

Question Group	Pre-course	Post-course	Mean Gain	P Value#
Structure of the interview(6 items)	6.2	8.7	2.5	0.003
with the patient(6 items)Relationship with the patient(6 items)	6.5	8.4	1.9	0.002
Assessing affect(3 items)	6.6	8.6	2.0	0.001
Collecting data(6 items)	5.6	8.5	2.9	0.002

^* Each question group consists of 5 or 6 questions, each scored on a scale from 1(no understanding) to 10 (complete understanding). Presented are the mean scores of the students in each question group.

^# Using paired t test