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Prerequisite interviewing skills for role-playing accuracy include gentle commands , listening , tracking , personal story , contracting , clarifying, eliciting, and responding to emotions, and obtaining theory of illness .

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Binder, J. (2013). Accuracy. In: Primary Care Interviewing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7224-7_8

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