Self-Efficacy Enhancing Interviewing Techniques Study (SEE-IT)

Patient self-efficacy, or confidence in one's ability to take the necessary steps to achieve a goal, has been shown to influence a number of important health behaviors and outcomes. However, current ways of increasing patient self-efficacy are time and labor intensive and occur away from doctor visits, where most health care is delivered. We developed, and are testing in a study the effectiveness of a new way of teaching doctors how to talk to patients during office visits in a way that will boost their patients' self-efficacy for changing important health behaviors.

These residents receive training provided by standardized patient instructors, in use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to support patient health behavior change,

These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.

Teaching by standardized patient instructors regarding use of self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques to be applied in patient encounters

These residents receive training provided by a standardized patient instructor, regarding the common co-occurrence of chronic medical and mental health problems, without any interviewing technique discussion or training.

Resident physician use of self-efficacy enhancing patient interviewing techniques, assessment via coding of audio recordings from standardized patient encounters

Inclusion Criteria: Family medicine or internal medicine residents in training at the University of California Davis Medical Center Exclusion Criteria: None