Course details
Name
Angela Watkins
Address
Department of Primary Care & Public Health
Clinical Epidemiology Interdisciplinary Research Group
Cardiff University
2nd Floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4YS
Email
WatkinsA6@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
029 206 87190
Course Aims
Motivational Interviewing is a counselling method for enhancing people's motivation to change behaviour. It has been the subject of over 170 randomised controlled trails and is considered best evidence-based practice in many settings around the world.
This symposium is designed to present motivational interviewing from inside the heart of everyday practice. It is for anyone in health and social care with an interest in behaviour change. It will provide an update on MI, a critical look at the evidence, and many examples of good practice from Wales and beyond.
Venue location
Mercure Holland House Hotel
Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 ODD.
Venue dates
Symposium on motivational interviewing: 3 November 2009
Skills workshop on motivational interviewing: 4 November 2009
Length structure
Two full day events once a year.
Cost to student
£60 per day.
Type of study
Attendance.
Entry criteria
Open to all.
Available per course
200 places available per day.
Achievement assessed
Unaccredited.
Teaching methods
The symposium - MI is a counselling method for enhancing people's motivation to change behaviour. It has been the subject of over 170 randomised controlled trails and is considered best evidence-based practice in many settings around the world.
This symposium is designed to present motivational interviewing from inside the heart of everyday practice. It is for anyone in health and social care with an interest in behaviour change. It will provide an update on MI, a critical look at the evidence, and many examples of good practice from Wales and beyond.
Highlights will include presentations and panel discussions on the following topics:
- MI & its impact (Vaughn Keller, Humana, USA; Stephen Rollnick & Chris Butler, Cardiff, Wales).
- MI and young pregnant mothers in deprived settings (Kate Billingham, Ann Rowe, UK Department of Health).
- MI & children: making a difference with diabetes (John Gregory, Sue Channon, Cardiff, Wales).
- MI & families in trouble (Rhoda Emlyn-Jones, Cardiff, Wales).
- MI in primary care, schools, health promotion, smoking cessation, severe mental illness and addiction
The workshop
This follows the symposium, and is designed as a general introduction to MI, to be delivered Dr Stephen Rollnick and a colleague experienced in MI training. The aim of the workshop is to provide an overview of MI, and the opportunity to observe good practice and participate in some skill building exercises.