Abstracts tagged "Educational research and motivational interviewing"

Abstract Number: 1136 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Clinician Training in Motivational Communication Skills: The Impact of the Language of Change Program Among Rheumatologists from Across Canada
Kim L. Lavoie^1,2, Mary Bell^3,4, Trudy Taylor⁵, Regan Arendse⁶, Michele Saum⁷, Denis Faucher⁷, May Shawi⁷ and Monique Camerlain⁸, ¹Université de Quebec á Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Montreal Behavioral Medicine Center, Hôpital du Sacre Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Janssen Inc., Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Motivational communication (MC) is an evidenced-based communication style designed to enhance patients’ intrinsic motivation to engage in a healthy lifestyle and adhere to treatment.…