Advanced Motivational Interviewing.

Catalog description

Semester course; 1 lecture hour (delivered online or face-to-face). 1 credit. Prerequisite: HEMS 643 . Expands the students’ exposure, understanding and practice of motivational interviewing, a state-of-the-art, evidence-based communication and counseling technique. MI is designed to build clients’ and patients’ inner motivation and self-efficacy for positive health behavior change and maintenance. This course will reiterate the importance of the theoretical foundation underlying MI, examine applications of MI and provide opportunities for advancing students’ skills through role-playing specific to health behavior change.