1 is a nurse scientist and MD/PhD fellowship co-director for the Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System and an associate professor of health systems, management, and policy at the University of Colorado School of Public Health, both in Denver. is a core investigator for the VA Health Services Research and Development Center (HSR&D) for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in California. is assistant professor in the division of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, and an affiliate investigator at the VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR) in Minneapolis. and are core investigators, is a study coordinator, and is director at the CCDOR, and is an implementation research coordinator for the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Substance Use Disorder; all at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. is an affiliate investigator for the VA HSR&D Center for Health Information and Communication at Richard L. Roudebush VAMC in Indianapolis and the head of pharmacy practice at Purdue University in West Lafayette, both in Indiana. Dr. Widome and Dr. Hagedorn are assistant professors, Dr. Nelson and Dr. Fu are associate professors, and Dr. Roth is a professor, all at the University of Minnesota.
Training sessions that offer feedback and coaching to trainees are effective in helping participants retain motivational interviewing skills for tobacco cessation counseling.