title: Knowledge of motivational interviewing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The overall goal of this pilot study was to determine the effects of a motivational interviewing (MI) educational program on MI knowledge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pretest/posttest intervention study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven participants completed a 20-item test prior to a 6-hour course on motivational interviewing. Six of those participants completed a second 2-hour educational session and a posttest.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On average, participants increased their score from the pretest (mean [M] = 12.7, range 8-16; standard error [SE] = 1.256) to the posttest (M = 15.5, range 14-17; SE = 0.428). Although, this difference was not significant, t(5) = -2.49; p = .055; r = .55, given a standard level of significance of .5, the effect size was large, representing a substantive change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The motivational interviewing intervention was deemed clinically successful by the multidisciplinary committee based on the large effect size.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, USA. amgood@westga.edu
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Bonnie B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Bar
authors.forename: Gail G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ashford
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D020377:Self Efficacy