Teaching brief motivational interviewing to Year three medical students

Abstract

The findings suggest that Year 3 medical students can learn basic BMI skills and knowledge and develop positive attitudes toward the approach within a relatively short period of time. The authors discuss the study's limitations and future directions for teaching students BMI.

A randomized controlled trial of behavior change counseling education for medical students

“…There were no pre-intervention assessments. Martino et al (2007) examined the effects of a 2-h 'brief motivational interviewing' training conducted during the psychiatry clerkship and observed immediate improvements in students' knowledge and attitudes at post-test, and sustained improvement in these areas 4 weeks later. Skills acquisition was measured using the 'Helpful Responses Questionnaire' (Miller et al 2006) which presents six hypothetical patient statements to which students write responses.…”

“…Students showed significant improvements in almost every MI area with moderate to large effect sizes. However, no control group was used in either of the studies by Martino et al (2007) or Bell and Cole (2008). Mounsey et al (2006) conducted a randomized trial of third-year medical students that evaluated skills using the MITI, with one group practicing MI with fellow students and another group with SPs.…”

“…This 'medicalized' version of MI is often referred to as 'brief motivational interviewing' or, more clearly, 'behavior change counseling. ' Several studies concerning medical student education in MI and behavioral change counseling strategies have been published (Brown & Oriel 1998;Poirier et al 2004;Mounsey et al 2006;Martino et al 2007;White et al 2007;Bell & Cole 2008). Poirier et al (2004) evaluated the effectiveness of a 10-h course for first-year medical students that included lectures, student role-plays, and simulated patient exercises.…”

Implementing motivational interviewing training: Strengthening the role of the registered nurse

“…The intervention consisted of a brief educational module consisting of a four-week exposure to MI utilizing class lecture, discussion, videotaped practice, experiential application and independent readings. Martino, Haeseler, Belitsky, Pantalon, and Fortin [17] developed and tested a curriculum for third year medical students called brief motivational interviewing (BMI). Despite time constraints seen in the modern day medical practice, this curriculum was designed to promote behavior change in patients.…”

Group motivational interviewing in the Small Changes weight management project: a quasi-experimental trial

“…Enactment is covered in this small study, i.e., there is a follow-up of the client's enactment of behavioral change; reception needs further consideration. Clients' perceptions of MI have previously been measured [39] using the: Client evaluation of MI scale which gives an indication of how the therapy was received by the client; this could helpfully be adapted for group MI research. Future work should ensure TF using a valid framework as has been previously suggested [36] this would ensure internal validity and replicability.…”