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The effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) for reducing vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been demonstrated in Quebec. We conducted a study to evaluate the acquisition of MI skills after MI training via videoconferencing for interns training as general practitioners (GPs) in southeastern France. A vaccination-specific MI training workshop was offered to interns in 2021, consisting of two separate Zoom videoconference sessions. Participants completed the Motivational Interviewing Skills in Immunization questionnaire before and after the training to measure skills acquisition. We used pairwise exact Wilcoxon-Pratt signed rank tests for the analysis. Among 45 GP interns enrolled in the first MI session, 34 (75.6%) attended both sessions and completed the questionnaire at 3 different time points. After the first session, MI knowledge scores improved significantly (+21.1 ± 21.6

To evaluate the impact of brief training in motivational interviewing (MI) from a non-specialist professional for medical students.Students (n = 20) received three four-hour sessions of MI training over one week. They interviewed caregivers acting as patients in two standardised medical situations, six weeks before and three weeks after training. Global scores from the MITI-3.1.1 code, including "MI- Spirit", were attributed to the audiotaped interviews by two independent coders, blind the pre- or post-training status of the interview. Secondary outcomes were: caregivers' perception of students' empathy (CARE questionnaire), students' evaluation of self-efficacy to engage in a patient-centred relationship (SEPCQ score), and students' satisfaction with their own performance (analogue scale).MI-Spirit score increased significantly after training (p 0.0001, effect size 1.5). Limited improvements in CARE score (p = 0.034, effect size 0.5) and one of the SEPCQ dimensions (sharing information and power with the patient; p = 0.047, effect size 0.5) were also noted. Students' satisfaction score was unaffected (p = 0.69).These findings suggest that brief MI training can improve communication skills in medical students.Such an intervention is feasible and could be generalised during medical studies.