Motivational interviewing training for physiotherapy and occupational therapy students: Effect on confidence, knowledge and skills

Evaluating the effects of behavior change training on the knowledge, confidence and skills of sport and exercise science students

“…The provision of reflections in which the practitioner is meant to convey understanding and in the case of complex reflections add substantial meaning to what the client has said is challenging. Our results are in line with recent research in which students struggled to reach proficiency for complex reflections [4]. Interestingly, researchers have suggested that the use of simple reflections may be as effective as complex reflections to encourage client discussion of changing behavior [41].…”

“…Furthermore, the midpoint is also used as a competency threshold in other communication related measures such as the motivational interviewing treatment integrity tool [37]. However, it must acknowledged that while the selection of the midpoint of the scale as a measure of competency is usually based on expert opinion, it is still a somewhat arbitrary selection with the need for further assessment of its validity to support its use [4]. As part of this process, students were asked to complete a reflective assignment on their experience of conducting a physical activity counselling session.…”

“…Consequently, there is a need to explore how individuals can be supported to change their behavior. Behavior change interventions have the potential to have a transformative effect on the health of populations [3], and allied health professionals (AHPs) have a key role to play in delivering these interventions in individual or group settings [4]. However, traditionally AHPs lack the knowledge and skills to effectively design and deliver such interventions [5,6].…”

“…However, traditionally undergraduate programs have not had a behavior change focus [16]. While there is some evidence to support the training of AHP students in counselling techniques such as motivational interviewing [4,17,18], no studies have explicitly focused on training students in the design and content of behavior change interventions as well as how to delivery such an intervention. This dual focus is important because future AHPs may not only be required to deliver interventions to clients but also to design and evaluate them.…”

Reflexões sobre um treinamento em Entrevista Motivacional em estudantes da área da saúde

“…Apesar das evidências sobre as vantagens de utilizar a EM com pacientes no âmbito da saúde, a EM permanece subutilizada pelos diferentes profissionais da saúde no Brasil, isso pode ocorrer devido a não familiaridade ou insegurança em utilizar essa modalidade de entrevista (Segatto et al, 2011). Nesse sentido, estudos recentes sugerem que os fundamentos da EM sejam inseridos nas aulas de formação e sirvam como orientação para as diferentes profissões relacionadas à saúde (Schoo et al, 2015;Fortune, Breckon, Norris, Eva & Frater, 2019). Tendo em vista essa carência e para que haja maior eficácia e disseminação da EM, torna-se necessário investimentos em programas de treinamento para estudantes da área da saúde.…”