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Motivational Interviewing Training for Health Care

Motivational Interviewing, Health Coaching Training and Certification
Motivational Interviewing Certification and Health Coach TrainingMotivational Interviewing (MI) has been used in the mental health and addictions fields for years now. With scores of research studies demonstrating the impact of MI on health-related behavior change, MI is now being widely applied in health care. Most health coaches, case managers and practitioners have become acquainted with basic MI principles and practices. Some have even developed proficiency in MI which experts emphasize is required to achieve the outcomes demonstrated in the 300+ MI clinical outcome trials. According to the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and numerous studies, proficiency requires an MI immersion workshop that includes hands on skill-building activities, support for learning transfer, and assessment of a recorded sample of practitioner-patient encounters (telephonic or face-to-face) using a validated, standardized MI assessment tool and feedback and coaching with a MINT professional. 

While most training programs and workshops focus on building MI knowledge, HealthSciences focuses on building proficiency in MI health coaching. Further, we are a full-time development organization and our faculty are professional MI trainers, specializing in health care. Most importantly, we believe that building the complex skill-set required for MI requires and evidence-based, best practice competency development approach. Our programs have been built from the ground up by faculty including NIH-funded authorities on evidence-based health coaching and credentialed, post doctorally prepared health psychologists, along with doctoral and masters level online learning and instructional design specialists who have developed programs for some of the largest organizations in the U.S. in and outside of health care.  We evaluate the performance of each of our programs using standardized, validated pre-post measures. We have the talent and the capabilities to design, implement and evaluate enterprise workforce development programs with the help of individuals with experience in corporate training and multinational business consulting experience. Our experience and our outcomes have made HealthSciences Institute the largest provider of MI-based workforce development and training programs in Motivational Interviewing health coaching. 

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