Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals
This webinar will equip learners with information and evidence-based tools for cultivating patient engagement, eliciting patient motivation for behavioral change, and softening discord in the patient-healthcare professional relationship.
Date: Friday, October 25, 2024 from 8:00am to 3:30pm (PST)
Location: Live Online Webinar
Presenter: Valerie Hoover, PhD. Dr. Hoover is a licensed clinical psychologist in California; Adjunct Clinical Instructor at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; and a MINT-Certified Motivational Interviewing trainer. Dr. Hoover is also the owner of VJH Training & Consulting LLC, which provides Motivational Interviewing (MI) training and consulting services to medical and behavioral healthcare organizations.
Overview: Effective management of chronic health conditions requires patient activation to engage in self-management behaviors. However, providing patient education alone is often insufficient to produce patient adherence to lifestyle behavior changes and other medical recommendations. Furthermore, attempts to convince or persuade patients to make changes can paradoxically result in patient maintenance of the status quo, particularly among patients who are ambivalent or lack confidence in making behavioral changes.
MI is a brief, evidence-based communication approach for strengthening patient engagement and eliciting patients’ intrinsic motivation for behavior change. MI is time-efficient and can be applied strategically in a single patient encounter or longitudinally over multiple patient visits.
Registration Fee: $159 per person
Learning objectives: At the conclusion of this webinar, learners should be able to:
- Describe the foundational spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Identify the language of change (i.e., change talk, sustain talk, discord talk)
- Identify the key MI microskills essential for a) cultivating patient engagement, b) focusing the clinical encounter, c) eliciting internal motivation, and d) creating an effective change plan
- Describe key MI approaches for softening patient “resistance” (i.e., sustain talk and discord talk)
Target audience (professions): Healthcare professionals including Nurse, Registered Dietitian, Physical Therapist, Physician, Physician Associate, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Psychiatrist, Social Worker, Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Pharmacist.
Additional Information:
- This webinar will be recorded and all or part of the recording may be used for future marketing and/or educational purposes (e.g., online MI course). By registering for this webinar, you are indicating your understanding and consent to participate in this webinar that will be recorded. Your voice, image, nor any other personally identifying information will NOT be used in any marketing and/or educational products that result from the recording.
- The Zoom link and handouts will be emailed to participants 48 hours before the webinar on October 25.
- Cancellation Policy: Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the webinar will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to drvaleriehoover@gmail.com.
- Accessibility: If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact Dr. Hoover at drvaleriehoover@gmail.com.
- For any other questions/concerns: contact Dr. Hoover at drvaleriehoover@gmail.com or (650) 642-3297.
