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Course Information

  • Audience: Community health workers, public health professionals, nurses, people working with populations requiring chronic care
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: February 5, 2020
    12:00 - 1:00 PM EST
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour.  Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1.  Provider ID: SS1131137, Event ID: 02052020. If you are not seeking  CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Community Partnership Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials: Session PowerPoint
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

This webinar will provide a brief overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) for community health workers and others who work with populations requiring chronic care. If you are curious about what is MI and how this style of conversation can influence chronic care. Learn the basic structure, mindset and history of MI.


What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe active listening, behavior change and how our approach can foster motivation or not
  • Describe Motivational Interviewing and how it can be applied in your chronic care practice
  • Illustrate the spirit of Motivational Interviewing and how it is used to elicit behavior change
  • Describe Motivational Interviewing skills including OARS and Elicit-Provide-Elicit approaches to patient engagement and education

Subject Matter Expert

  • LisaStockwell
    Lisa Stockwell

Lisa Stockwell, M.Ed., has over 20 years’ experience as a trainer, educator and coach working with organizations, groups and individuals in topics related to positive behavior change, effective communication skills, mindfulness, compassion fatigue and motivational interviewing. She believes that the style of the conversation is essential in helping clients move toward change that will improve their quality of life. Lisa is a certified Train the Trainer and Whole Life Coach. She is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing International Trainers), Master Trainer in Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSMP) for workplaces, groups and individuals to manage their chronic condition (non-clinical). Lisa is an engaging and lively speaker and storyteller for conferences, organizations, and groups.


Registration and Contact Hours

Select the Enroll me button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact support@nephtc.org

Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH

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