. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jul 31;80(3):345–350. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.06.035

Table 1.

Changes in Medical Students’ Attitudes and Confidence Pre SP encounter and Post Small Group Session.

Item	Pre	Post	Change
Item	M (SD)	M (SD)	p	η²
Contextual issues of patients that go unrecognized by a physician can have an impact on medical decision-making	6.47 (1.06)	6.35 (.96)	0.258	0.008
Contextual issues of patients that go unrecognized can have an impact on relationships with patients.	6.58 (1.02)	6.48 (.93)	0.315	0.006
As a physician, I should become more aware of my patient’s contextual concerns.	6.66 (1.01)	6.50 (.91)	0.115	0.015
As a physician, I should elicit contextual factors in order to effectively communicate with patients with a background that is different from mine.	6.57 (1.10)	6.40 (.96)	0.131	0.014
How confident are you that you can effectively pick up on patient’s contextual concerns?	4.79 (1.05)	5.30 (1.13)	<.001	0.205