Intended for a wide variety of healthcare providers, this workshop will be of considerable benefit to professionals who work in diabetes education, community health, diet and nutritional counselling, primary care, chronic disease management, nursing, audiology, psychiatry, podiatry, physiotherapy, chiropractic medicine, physical rehabilitation, child and adult vaccination, and others.
Do you ever become frustrated when:
-a patient expects (and passively waits for) your “magic cure” for a problem in which their unhealthy behaviour plays a major part?
-on your daily roster you see the names of three patients in a row who seem entirely unmotivated to pursue the changes you have talked about with them many, many times? You feel a bit like “oh no, here we go again!”
-a patient tells you they are ready and willing to make necessary changes that will improve their prognosis and yet, seem unable to implement the changes that they know would help so much?
-you know that “harping” and “cajoling” and “lecturing” will do no good, but that if you do nothing, the patient’s outcome seems kind of bleak?
-you feel like the “bad guy” in discussing the same health behaviour issues yet again, knowing that “a good talking-to” is going to fall on deaf ears?
If you or your staff can relate to any of the above scenarios, our “Motivational Interviewing in the Health Care Setting” might be just what the doctor ordered.
Key content in our “Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare” workshop draws heavily from the text “Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare: Helping Patients Change Behaviour” by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller and Christopher C. Butler and also on the primary MI text “Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow” (fourth edition) by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Much of healthcare provision involves encouraging patients to engage with their own treatment, including in decision making, and ultimately, in committing to behaviour changes that will increase the likelihood of long-term success.
Our Healthcare Applications of Motivational Interviewing workshop is designed to assist healthcare professionals in helping patients who may not present as ready, willing, or able to engage is the lifestyle changes that would bolster the likelihood of positive treatment outcomes. Patient engagement in treatment is key. The MI communication strategies offered in this workshop can make all the difference between wrestling with your patient as you “push” for their behaviour change and developing and maintaining a helping relationship based on partnership and mutual goal setting.
Key content includes:
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