Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care Settings

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Course Description
This course introduces a brief form of motivational interviewing that was developed for use in brief consultations by physicians, nurses and pharmacists in primary care settings.

The course integrates its themes and concepts across clinical disciplines by providing opportunities to design brief interventions pertinent to your clinical practice. This course guides you through a sequence of learning activities that will influence your consultations with clients about behavior changes across a range of health-related issues.

Target audience: This course is appropriate for all health care providers who provide consultations about behavior changes across a range of health-related issues.

This course is part of the Opioid Dependence Treatment Certificate Program. The course meets the accreditation criteria for:

The College of Family Physicians of Canada - 9.0 Mainpro-M1 credits (Webinar: 1.5 MI credits)
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada - 9.0 Section 1 credits (Webinar: 1.5 credits)
The Ontario College of Pharmacists - 8 CEU's
The Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation -8 core CEU's

Module 1 (webinar): (6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. EST)
Introduction to Motivational interviewing in primary care settings
A two-hour interactive webinar provides an overview of the concept's philosophy, spirit and skills and strategies, which can significantly influence your collaboration with clients/patients.
Please note: Module 1 is a pre-requisite for Module 2

Module 2 (classroom): (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Motivational interviewing for brief interventions in primary care settings
Through the use of mock clinical scenarios you will gain practice reflective techniques and other strategies that will increase your ability to explore your clients' feelings of ambivalence, and to reduce their resistance to change. This learning experience offers immediate feedback that can increase your clinical skill in the practice of motivational interviewing.

Module 3 (teleconference): (6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
Post-course feedback and coaching on practice performance (1 hour teleconference)
Participants share their experiences with integrating motivational interviewing skills into their clinical practices, while course facilitators provide feedback and supportive coaching.

Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:

describe the basic concepts of motivational interviewing, its spirit and essential strategies
apply the strategies of motivational interviewing to explore and resolve clients' feelings of ambivalence or resistance to change
identify common therapeutic pitfalls in the consultation process
understand the nuances of using motivational interviewing techniques in primary care settings
develop a practice engagement plan based on motivational interviewing.

Faculty:
Tim Guimond, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), Matthias Kaay, MSW, RSW and Evelyn Neilas, MSW, RSW

Required Text: Motivational Interviewing In Health Care - Helping Patients Change Behavior (2008), by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller and Christopher C. Butler. Published by The Guilford Press

Fee: $275.00 (includes Modules 1 - 3 and refreshments)

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CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
33 Russell Street
Meeting Centre, Room 2029
Toronto, Ontario

For more information about the workshop, please call Robyn Steidman in Education Services at 416-535-8501 x 6640.