Description:
Program Overview
comMIt (comprehensive motivational interviewing training) for health care professionals is an e-learning program accredited for 8 hours of approved continuing education credit for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and social workers. The learner has three months to complete this highly interactive program and receive CE credit. Learners may stop at any point in the program and then return to it where they left off. Learners may also review each module completed as often as they would like during the three-month time frame. This unique program uses a sense making approach to motivational interviewing by Drs. Bruce A. Berger and William A. Villaume. The modules use numerous real examples of patient encounters and self-assessment questions to help learners internalize skills.
Below is a listing of the 6 modules:
- Module 1 – Introduction and Background
- Module 2 – The Human Brain and Threat
- Module 3 – Sense Making and Practical Reasoning
- Module 4 – Developing Rapport and the Synergy of MI
- Module 5 – Reflecting, Empathizing with, Reframing and Exploring the Issue
- Module 6 – Addressing the Issue
This educational program was developed with the support of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.
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Registration Information
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Please direct questions to the following:
Accreditation: Dawn Sinclair, Purdue University – sinclaid@purdue.edu
Certificates/Credits: – Pharmacy-cecr@purdue.edu
Registration: Purdue Online Learning – noncredit@purdue.edu
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CE Information & Claiming CE Credit
Target Audience
This course provides pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with the skills necessary to utilize motivational interviewing in their daily patient interactions to promote positive actions and attitudes.
Learning Objectives (Pharmacist):
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
1. Identify the extent of the nonadherence problem
2. Distinguish between traditional approaches to MI and the new sense making approach developed specifically for health care professionals (HCPs)
3. Use appropriate MI skills to address patients’ concerns about health behaviors and treatments
Learning Objectives (Pharmacy Technicians):
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
1. Identify the extent of the nonadherence problem
2. Distinguish between traditional approaches to MI and the new sense making approach developed specifically for health care professionals (HCPs)
3. Recognize appropriate MI skills that pharmacists use to address patients’ concerns about health behaviors and treatments
Accreditation and Sponsorship Statement for the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) -- Accreditation number 1557-2020-3115-I-Z This continuing education program is designed primarily for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians has been accredited by the CCCEP for 8 CEUs.
Credit Designation: The Purdue University College of Pharmacy designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 8 contact hours.
Faculty Disclosure Statement - All faculty AND staff involved in the planning, review or presentation of continuing education activities sponsored / provided by Purdue University College of Pharmacy are required to disclose to the audience any relevant commercial financial affiliations related to the content of the presentation or enduring material. Full disclosure of all commercial relationships must be made in writing to the audience prior to the activity. All additional planning committee members, reviewers, and Purdue University College of Pharmacy staff have no relationships to disclose.
Berger Consulting, LLC staff has the following relationships to disclose.
Dr. Bruce A. Berger, PhD, Berger Consulting, LLC, discloses that he serves on the Advisor Board/Speakers Bureau – Innovative Healthcare Speakers; receives Speaking Fees - American Pharmacist Association and Texas Pharmacy Association; Consulting Fees – Sanofi Aventis and Aspen RxHealth; APhA Book Royalties; and Speaking Fees for participants who complete the Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training (COMMIT) for Healthcare Professionals.
Dr. William A. Villaume, PhD, Berger Consulting, LLC, discloses that he receives Consulting Fees – Aspen RxHealth; APhA Book Royalties; and Fees for participants who complete the Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training (COMMIT) for Healthcare.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This learning activity has received initial financial support from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation in the form of an education grant for program development.
Claiming Credit
Successful completion of the program involves passing each module's graded assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher, including the Post-Test, in order to receive the Statement of Attendance. You will be given two attempts. Successful completion of this component will result in 8.0 contact hours of continuing education credit. Partial credit will not be awarded.
CCCEP Accreditation Information for CCCEP accreditation number (1557-2020-3115-I-Z): Please note that upon program completion, participants must request the CCCEP Statement of Attendance by clicking on the open/download button. The CCCEP Statement of Attendance is needed to register course completion in the participant’s Professional Development Log, which is to occur within 45 days of successful completion of the Motivational Interviewing Training (MIt) program.
This educational program was initially developed with the support of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation. Purdue University is the current supporter for this program.
Please direct questions to pharmacyce@purdue.edu