Motivational Interviewing Study day

Date: 02/10/25

Time: 09:00-16:00

Location: Online 

Open to all roles

Overview: 

 The focus of the day will be Smoking Cessation - Is Motivational Interviewing for me?

This interactive, light hearted online, live study day is suitable for any and
all members of the team. Registered delegates will receive an emailed
worksheet, which will be used during the event.

Delegates will interact,
participate and influence the content of the day which will use bespoke
situations to demonstrate the MI skills and they will not be asked to role
play or listen to us reading through endless power point slides.

We all went into our roles to make a difference; we feel that we can make
things ‘right’ for service users and their families and we spend much of our
time trying to do so.

If you spend your life explaining what your service users should, could,
must or need to do then this is the course for you. Motivational
interviewing is a style of communication that uses a guiding/reflective
style to engage with people, clarify their strengths and aspirations, and
utilise their own motivations for change, and promote independence of
decision making.

If this is sounding a little flowery, in a nutshell, MI saves your breath, your
time and you are more effective when it comes to people making decisions
about themselves. The feedback we regularly receive is that MI also helps
to avoid burn out.

What happens on the day?
We will use memorable explanations, demonstrations, interaction in pairs
and most importantly relax and have fun. The extensive wardrobe and
scenery available at our large training studio allows the tutors to create
characters and situations to demonstrate the topics which are pertinent to
our delegates. Face to face, and telephone consultation techniques will be
included.

Though not listed below we will include many small breaks throughout the day to avoid
screen fatigue- 

9:00 Registration and Online access audio and visual confirmed
9:30 Introductions – and online etiquette
9:30 MI – What is it – why does it work – How the brain receives
stuff! - Principles and Background in a nutshell
10:00 The spirit & principles of MI
10:45 Offering Advice
11:15 Official Break
11:30 When Ambivalence meets the Righting Reflex
12:00 Change Talk– What is it? How can I find it? Why does it matter?
12:45 LUNCH
13:30 MI – Open questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries
set in context and practiced
15:00 Tea Break
15:15 Putting it all together – demonstration designed by the
delegates
15:45 Questions and Evaluation
16:00 Close

Level of Learning: ​

New starter/introductory

Cancellation Policy

You must have line manager approval before booking.

​As a not-for-profit organisation, your support directly funds education and development opportunities for Primary Care staff at all levels across Derbyshire. Thank you for your understanding and continued support.​

Cancellations made with less than 10 working days’ notice will incur a fee of £30.

This live event is online only

Date: Thursday 2nd October 2025

Time: 09:00 - 16:00

This live event is available to registered users only