title: Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator.
abstract: In order to model motivational interviewing in a simulated case of alcohol abuse, a system of creating conversations was added to a computerized patient simulator.
authors.affiliation: American Board of Family Medicine, ABFM, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Guy H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Roussel
authors.forename: Jinzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007629:Kentucky; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D009042:Motivation; D010361:Patients; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*