Table 1. Assessment of Standardized Patient Encounters by Expert: Post-Event Scores Compared with Pre-Event Scores.

Motivational Interviewing Competency	Pre-Event		Three Months Post-Event		Mean Difference
	Mean Score	Standard Deviation	Mean Score	Standard Deviation	Post-Score Minus Pre-Score	Standard Deviation	Significance, 2-tailed (p value)
1. Collaboratively discuss lifestyle choices with patients.	.275	.221	.686	.376	.410	.450	.013*
2. Evoke patient thoughts and opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of health behavior.	.369	.280	.783	.299	.414	.475	.022*
3. Respond with, and demonstrate, complete empathy and avoid correcting patient's opinions or “preaching”.	.213	.194	.668	.327	.455	.404	.004**
4. Elicit the patient's motivation, concerns and values concerning the lifestyle choice.	.313	.247	.758	.425	.444	.567	.027*
5. Respond to the patient's core concerns about lifestyle modification.	.286	.200	.751	.310	.465	.396	.003**
6. Restate the patient's reasoning and discrepancies between behaviors and goals or values.	.244	.221	.833	.418	.589	.558	.009*
7. Roll with resistance.	.604	.305	.808	.429	.203	.514	.300

^*Significant improvement (p< 0.05).

^**Significant improvement using Bonferroni correction (p< 0.007).