Virtual Worlds Technology to Enhance Training for Primary Care Providers in Assessment and Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using Motivational Interviewing: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Jennifer K Manuel   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Natalie Purcell   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Linda Abadjian   ¹ , PhD ;   Stephanie Cardoos   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Matthew Yalch   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Coleen Hill   ¹ , BA ;   Brittan McCarthy   ² , BSc ;   Daniel Bertenthal   ¹ , MPH ;   Sarah McGrath   ¹ , MA ;   Karen Seal   ^{1, 2, 5} , MD, MPH

¹ San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, United States

² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

³ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States