Physician training in self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques (SEE IT): Effects on patient psychological health behavior change mediators.

ObjectiveTo explore how physician training in self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques (SEE IT) affects patient psychological health behavior change mediators (HBCMs).MethodsWe analyzed data from 131 patients visiting primary care physicians ≥4 months after the physicians participated in a randomized controlled trial. Experimental arm physicians (N=27) received SEE IT training during three ≤20min standardized patient instructor (SPI) visits. Control physicians (N=23) viewed a diabetes medications video during one SPI visit. Physicians were blinded to patient participation. Outcomes were self-care self-efficacy, readiness, and health locus of control (Internal, Chance, Powerful Others), examined as a summary HBCM score (average of standardized means) and individually. Analyses adjusted for pre-visit values of the dependent variables.ResultsPatients visiting SEE IT-trained physicians had higher summary HBCM scores (+0.42, 95% CI 0.07-0.77; p=0.021). They also had greater self-care readiness (AOR 3.04, 95% CI 1.02-9.03, p=0.046) and less Chance health locus of control (-0.27 points, 95% CI -0.50-0.04, p=0.023), with no significant differences in other HBCMs versus controls.ConclusionImprovement in psychological HBCMs occurred among patients visiting SEE IT-trained physicians, PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: If further research shows the observed HBCM effects improve health behaviors and outcomes, SEE IT training might be offered widely to physicians

Towards a Poetics of Props: The Case of Aristophanes’s Comedy

La variada y creativa manipulación de los objetos en la comedia griega antigua puede considerarse un sello propio del género cómico que, en su evidente derrotero por diferenciarse de la tragedia, redobla la apuesta y fuerza hasta los límites sus posibilidades estéticas, potenciando sus efectos e intensidad. El presente trabajo ofrece una visión de conjunto de este original tratamiento escénico de los objetos en la comedia de Aristófanes.The varied and novel manipulation of props in Ancient Greek Comedy can be read as a typical feature of the comic genre which, in its visible itinerary intended to distinguish from tragedy, forces to the limits their aesthetic possibilities, increasing their effects and intensity. This paper provides an overview of the creative scenic use of props in Aristophanes's comedy.Fil: Fernandez, Claudia Nelida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentin