Motivational Interviewing for Use in Integrated Health Care Settings

Description:

More and more primary health settings are recognizing the need for their patients to make major lifestyle changes in order to reduce the impact of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and a multitude of other conditions. Primary health settings also have patients with risky substance use and/or mental health issues. At the same time, behavioral health providers are recognizing the impact of physical health on their client’s quality of life and wellness outcomes. One tool for both settings is Motivational Interviewing which is increasingly used for improving health outcomes by addressing behavior change. This webinar will offer some practical suggestions for basic health care behavior changes, including, but not limited to adopting healthy eating habits and increasing physical activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to explain how Motivational Interviewing can be used for brief health related consultations.
• Participants will be able to name at least 2 health related behavior changes appropriate for the use of Motivational Interviewing.
• Participants will be able to provide an example of change talk in a health care setting.
• Participants will list the key skills of Motivational Interviewing needed when providing a consultation for a physical health issue.

Mary Dugan, Ph.D., LCSW, has been a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, MINT Inc. since 2007. Her primary focus is the use of Motivational Interviewing. She teaches Motivational Interviewing as an adjunct professor for the Brown School of Social Work in St. Louis, MO and provides trainings for health care, behavioural health, and other social service agencies adapted to meet the organizations’ needs. Dr Dugan served as a Research Assistant Professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) until retiring in December 2014. In January 2015 she resumed clinical practice at Places for People, where she also provides Motivational Interviewing trainings to clinical staff on a regular basis. Additionally, she was the Missouri trainer/coach in the use of Motivational Interviewing for Missouri’s SBIRT grant funded by SAMHSA and continues to assist in SBIRT certification for the MIMH eSBIRT web site.

Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH)

The University of Missouri, Missouri Institute of Mental Health will be responsible for this program and will maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned.
MIMH will award 2 clock hours or 2.4 contact hours (.2 CEUs) for this program.