2010 Catalog: All Courses

This course is offered to staff at Puyallup clinic only.

During this highly interactive full-day workshop health care providers will have an opportunity to learn how to effectively enhance motivation in their patients who are ambivalent and reluctant to change. This evidence based Motivational Interviewing method can be integrated to address health behavior change in all areas of the health care system. During this workshop health care providers will learn about the spirit of Motivational Interviewing and be able to practice using the specific tools of Motivational Interviewing.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Recognize the spirit of MI in their interactions with patients.
2. Compare different communication styles.
3. Practice OARS.
4. Verbally express the four MI principles to their patients.
5. Practice eliciting and strengthening ‘change talk’.
6. Practice using the Consultation Guide.

Penelope Brewer — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at penbrewer@earthlink.net.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

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Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.