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The Impact Of A One-Day Applied Training In Motivational Interviewing On Health Practitioners' Perceived Competence, Autonomy, Efficacy, And Attitudes To Facilitate Behavior Change: A Pilot Study, Erin Wiley, Don Morrow, Jennifer Irwin

Donald Morrow

Objective: Because the practical application of motivational interviewing (MI) for health practitioners has been highlighted as a limitation to the approach, the purpose of this pilot study was to assess the impact of a one-day training workshop in MI applied through Co-Active life coaching (CALC) skills on health care practitioners’ perceived competence, autonomy and attitudes toward facilitating health-behavior changes. Methods: A pre-test/post-test multiple baseline design was used with 10 health care practitioners. Data was collected beginning 25 days prior and for 4 weeks post-training. Participants received a 7.5 hour interactive workshop in January 2011. The Perceived Competence Scale, the Perceived …