Table 4.

Level of Student Confidence Before and After Behavior Change Counseling Course

Question	Pre-course	Retrospective	Post-course	P-value
How confident are you in your skills to assess a patient’s readiness for change?	5.70	4.48	8.06	<0.001
How confident are you in your skills to counsel a patient to change a health-related behavior?	4.98	4.04	7.92	<0.001

*Only those who completed both the pre/post assessment (50 of 53, 94%) were analyzed.

†Students rated confidence on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest.

‡P-value for difference between pre-course and retrospective, and pre- and post-course

§”Retrospective” refers to assessment of confidence BEFORE the course, but measured AFTER the course.