This course is for healthcare professionals to help them support patients with treatment options.   Care programmes are most successful when patients are deeply engaged in their own care. Using the motivational interviewing technique, healthcare professionals work with patients to identify personal care goals and motivators to follow the care management program.

Course content/learning outcomes

• Recognise the value of using a motivational interviewing approach in consultations 
• Implement strategies that put the patient in control
• Adopt techniques that can be used in a ten-minute consultation
• Appreciate how personality types can influence outcomes