Health Change Conversations in Primary Care

Day One: Interactive session looking at how to have effective health change conversation using the skills from motivational interviewing. Overview of barriers to change amongst a cross section of patients. There will be a series of videos and remote teaching looking at some basic skills to start the conversations about making health changes and wellbeing. There will be a particular focus on those patients who might also have underlying mental health conditions.

Day Two: There will also be a virtual simulation day to try out and help embed new knowledge and skills with a series of simulated real-life scenarios using actors as simulated patients. There will be a structured debrief to help draw out the skills learn from day one.