Certificate Program
Motivational Interviewing for the Modern Clinician
Unlock the transformative power of motivational interviewing to improve patient engagement, adherence, and care outcomes.
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About this Certificate Program
This offering provides comprehensive and empowering training for healthcare professionals seeking to leverage motivational interviewing to improve patient engagement, adherence, and care outcomes. Throughout this program, participants will learn skills to tame their fixing reflex, sharpen their listening skills for facilitating change, and master active listening techniques to build rapport and trust with patients. As healthcare reimbursement models shift and patient expectations change, strong communication is essential for ensuring high-quality care. Throughout this series, clinicians will explore strategies to ignite patient motivation and collaboratively plan for transformative behavioral changes, all while navigating the challenges and opportunities presented in the digital age.
Target audience
While focusing on PTs, AT, OTs, and RNs, this certificate program will be beneficial to any clinician interested in leveraging motivational interviewing to elevate their practice and support patients through behavior change.
Goals & objectives
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Define motivational interviewing (MI) and describe the spirit of MI
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Identify change talk, sustain talk, and discord in patient dialogues, recognizing their importance within a session
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Demonstrate active listening skills, including reflective listening responses, to elicit change talk and promote patient participation
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Define and apply SMART goals in the context of MI to support patients in creating realistic and achievable behavior change plans
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Recognize potential barriers and strategies for supporting patient behavior change using digital care tools, including establishing rapport and trust through technology-supported patient-centered care
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Utilize time-efficient techniques for conducting MI-inspired sessions when facing time constraints
What’s included in the Certificate Program
Accredited Online Courses*
7 hours of online video lectures and patient demonstrations.
Interactive Learning Assessments
Case-based quizzes to evaluate and improve clinical reasoning.
Case Study Interviews
Recorded Q&A sessions between instructors and practice managers.
Certificate Program overview
Section 1
Mastering Motivational Interviewing in the Digital Age 6 ItemsMotivational Interviewing: Taming Your Fixing Reflex Course
Chapter 1: Motivational Interviewing 101
Learn about the basic principles of motivational interviewing (MI) and why it’s being used by allied health professionals all over the world. Watch how practitioner–patient interactions can be dramatically enhanced with the use of MI techniques, and walk away with practical strategies to start shifting the way you communicate.
Chapter 2: The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
The spirit of motivational interviewing refers to the underlying mindset of the practitioner. This chapter covers the four different components that MI practitioners aim to maintain when communicating with their patients in order to create a judgment-free environment for rehab and recovery.
Chapter 3: Avoiding the Expert Trap
In this session, MI practitioners will become more aware of the human tendency to inundate patients with facts, figures, and recommendations for change. Often attempts to pressure or persuade patients to change are ineffective and can even reduce practitioner–patient alliance. Learn how to shift your approach from the “I have all the answers” mindset toward empowering your patients to contemplate and problem-solve the various steps on their rehab journey.
Motivational Interviewing: Listening for Change Course
Chapter 1: Listening for Ambivalence
Making a behavior change rarely happens in a linear fashion. It’s more common for patients to contemplate changes at first and then experience starts and stops as they attempt the changes. This chapter covers the different stages individuals go through on a typical behavior change journey, which will help the practitioner assess their patients’ readiness to change and better support their patients on the road ahead.
Chapter 2: Tune Your Ears for the Language of Change
When you listen deeply, you will discover that much of what your patient shares falls into the categories of reasons in favor of sticking with their rehab or health-improvement plan and reasons against. Being able to enhance your patients’ motivation starts with hearing the words they use to describe their thoughts and feelings about setting up new patterns to support their recovery.
Chapter 3: Responding to Ambivalence
In this chapter, participants will learn how to be more strategic with their responses when their patients are on the fence about change. While there are many ways to respond to patients who are struggling to find motivation, some responses are more effective than others.
Motivational Interviewing: Mastering Active Listening Course
Chapter 1: Active Listening Responses to Enhance Therapeutic Alliance
The use of verbal and nonverbal listening skills can dramatically enhance your patient’s clinic experience. Explore the benefits of reflections, affirmations, and summaries within the patient–practitioner interaction. Dialogue and demonstration examples provide evidence of how these active listening skills can strengthen the therapeutic alliance.
Chapter 2: Reflective Practice to Progress the Conversation
Mirroring back what the patient is saying can make the conversation feel stagnant and like you’re talking in circles. Learn how to incorporate complex reflections to enhance your interactions and communicate empathy and curiosity. When you incorporate complex reflections into your interactions with patients, you demonstrate a desire to truly understand your patients’ experiences in their rehab and recovery journey.
Chapter 3: Reflections That Motivate
Learn how to tune your ears to hear your patients’ personal motivations for change and deliver reflective listening responses that highlight those reasons. Short, concise reflections of change talk can increase motivation for change and enhance the practitioner–patient relationship.
Motivational Interviewing: Building Patient Motivation Course
Chapter 1: Exploring the Whys of Change
The best way to enhance your patient’s motivation is to ask for it. In this first chapter, you’ll learn how simply asking your patient why they care about their rehab journey can stir up the motivation needed to stick with their rehab plan.
Chapter 2: Drumming Up Change Talk
When patients voice their personal motivations, they are more likely to make and sustain change. In this chapter, you’ll learn specific responses that encourage your patient to share more about their motivations for sticking with their rehab plan.
Chapter 3: Questions That Motivate
MI practitioners can use a variety of different questions to invite the client to explore their whys. In this chapter, you’ll learn the different types of questions that can be used to invite clients to share their personal motivations for change, with examples and strategies for incorporating this “why” conversation into all of your sessions.
Motivational Interviewing: Planning for Change Course
Chapter 1: Exploring the Hows of Change
Discover how to help your patients plan for change. Learn strategic questions that help patients fine-tune their action plan and map out the road ahead.
Chapter 2: SMART Goals
Helping your patients land on small, realistic goals can help facilitate the behavior change journey and boost their confidence for change. Learn how to ask the right questions that can guide your patients into setting specific action-oriented behavior change goals that fit their life.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Potential Barriers to Change
At times, patients set goals and life gets in the way. Explore how to help patients troubleshoot barriers before they arise so that they’re prepared for the road ahead.
Motivational Interviewing: Supporting Your Patients in the Digital Age Course
Chapter 1: Patient-Centered Care in a Digital Age
In this first chapter, learn about the various digital platforms being used to provide patient-centered care, evidence in support of a variety of technological approaches, and how motivational interviewing can enhance care when using these platforms.
Chapter 2: Overcoming Barriers to Communication in a High-Tech World
With each technology-based platform, there are varying barriers that can arise that hinder communication and patient care. Learn about these barriers and strategies to mitigate these challenges to ultimately enhance your interactions with patients when using these platforms.
Chapter 3: Supporting Motivation When You’re Short on Time
This chapter includes tips for aligning your communication style with motivational interviewing when you only have a few minutes for a brief patient interaction, whether that be over the phone, video conference, or messaging.
Section 2
Handouts & Takeaways 3 Items10 Tips to Enhance Patient Motivation File
Motivational Interviewing Cheat Sheet File
Extended Reading List File
Section 3
Learning Assessment 1 ItemLearning Assessment Quiz
Instructors
Dawn Clifford
PhD, RDN
CEU approved
7
total hours*
of accredited coursework.
Medbridge accredits each course individually so you can earn CEUs as you progress.
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Accreditation Hours
Each course is individually accredited and exact hours will vary by state and discipline. Check each course for specific accreditation for your license.
When do I get my certificate?
You will receive accredited certificates of completion for each course as you complete them. Once you have completed the entire Certificate Program you will receive your certificate for the program.
Do I get CEU credit?
Each course is individually accredited. Please check each course for your state and discipline. You can receive CEU credit after each course is completed.
Do I have to complete the courses in order?
It is not required that you complete the courses in order. Each Certificate Program's content is built to be completed sequentially but it is not forced to be completed this way.
How long do I have access to the Certificate Program?
You will have access to this Certificate Program for as long as you are a subscriber. Your initial subscription will last for one year from the date you purchase.
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