Motivational Interviewing - Module 1
Welcome to this course called ‘Motivational interviewing and brief Interventions’.
We hope that you will find the principles and techniques of motivational interviewing, provided by this selection of learning resources from Bayer, helpful in your day-to-day practice with your patients.
Motivational interviewing is a person-centred, collaborative style of communication. It pays particular attention to the language of change, the aim being to strengthen the person's own motivation and confidence to change, and commitment to a particular goal.
In module 1, the aim is on developing your confidence and skills in raising a subject or talking about a topic in a non-defensive way or not triggering defensiveness in the patient. It also covers checking what the patient already knows and sharing information and maybe building readiness to change and exploring ambivalence.
Jyoti and her diet
In this patient demonstration focussed on a discussion with a patient about her diet please look for examples of positive affirmations, the importance and confidence scaling technique as well as the ‘two possible futures’ technique being demonstrated by Tim.
Duration: 08:30
In this interview Michaela Nuttall, nurse and founder of Learn With Nurses and clinical advisor for CVD prevention at Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) asks Tim about the benefits of using motivational interviewing as a technique that can be used by healthcare professionals with their patients.
Duration: 08:22
Abbreviations: MI, Motivational Interviewing
RP-NUB-GB-0710 | January 2025