The most common concern raised in my trainings with physicians and nurses is how to fit Motivational Interviewing – or any patient-centered efforts at helping patients better manage their own health – into their busy schedule. Training in MI is only the beginning: Usually providers find that they can make some independent changes in their own practice, but that the office as a whole may need to make changes in order to support their efforts as well as those of their patients.
The solutions that providers come up with are as diverse as the clinical practices themselves. AAFP News Now profiles a family practice clinic in Wisconsin that changed clinic protocols to stress pre-visit planning and expanded the role of nurses, allowing physicians as well as the entire treatment team to spend more time focusing on patient self-management.
AAFP News Now: Team-based Care Fuels Patient Self-management Success
