Motivational Interviewing Series
Foundational Motivational Interviewing Skills Series
1. The Art of Engaging Patients: Using OARS Skills
Do you want to engage more effectively with patients? Do you want to learn intentional strategies to obtain the patient’s story and discover their goals/needs?
In this workshop you will learn:
- OARS skills (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries)
- To develop open-ended questions
- Different types of reflective listening strategies
- Intentional practice of rapport building skills
2. Patient-Focused Visits: Collaborative Agenda Setting & Health Teaching Skills
Are you looking for effective ways to increase your patient’s involvement during your interactions with them?
In this workshop you will learn skills to:
- Work collaboratively with patients to identify and address their needs
- Provide health information in a patient centered manner
3. Discussing the Benefits of Change: Strategies to Elicit Change Talk
Are you tired of trying to convince patients to make changes?
In this workshop you will learn:
- How to ask questions that prompt patient’s to discuss their own reasons for making healthy changes
- Strategies to assess patient’s readiness to make healthy changes
4. Creating a Bridge for Change: Evoking Commitment
Do you find you are going around in circles trying to obtain a patient goal?
In this workshop you will learn:
- How to respond to change talk with reflective listening skills
- How to evoke commitment to change
- Where MI becomes directional and intentional
- Opportunity to practice Brief Action Planning skills
Advanced Motivational Interviewing Skills Series
5. Engaging Patients Effectively: Skills for Working with Pre-Contemplators
Are you frustrated when you try to discuss risky behaviours with patients who do not seem to be interested in change?
In this workshop you will learn how to:
- Identify different types of pre-contemplators
- Intervene to encourage patients to start thinking about making healthy changes
- Respond using stage-wise interventions
6. Understanding Resistance as Ambivalence and Rolling With It
Do you work with patients who are resistant to making healthy behaviour changes?
In this workshop you will learn:
- Strategies to engage ambivalent patients
- How to gently raise discrepancy between patients values and behaviours to help motivate them to make healthy changes
7. Motivational Interviewing and Eliciting Patient-Focused Goals (Full Day)
Do you want to learn & practice MI skills using the 4 processes as a guide to effectively work through a patient issue?
In this workshop you will learn:
- Specific MI skills within each of the 4 processes
- Practice skills used within each of the 4 processes of an MI interview to strategically guide your intervention to obtain a patient focused goal
Who should attend?
Open to all health care providers/students who support person-centered care.
How long is the workshop?
Workshops in this series are offered as a 3-hour workshop. Advanced, integrated and customizable workshops are available by contacting a Program Coordinator for more information.
Currently offered online.