Feel Confident During Patient Discussions

1 CE | Available On-Demand Now

Descriptions: Want to take your patient communication skills to the next level? This engaging course introduces Motivational Interviewing (MI), an evidenced based person-centered counseling approach to foster patient’s motivation for a positive behavior change to improve their health. You will explore the “Spirit of MI” and discover how a collaborative, patient-centered mindset can transform your interactions. Learn how brief MI techniques fit seamlessly into the dental hygiene appointment, empowering patients to take charge of their oral health. You will gain knowledge on key MI strategies, including RULES and Elicit-Provide-Elicit, to guide patients with confidence. By the end, you’ll have the tools to motivate, inspire, and communicate more effectively, leading to better patient outcomes and rewarding patient interactions.

Objectives:

• Know the importance of effective communication during patient care
• Define Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Describe the “Spirit of MI”
• Value brief motivational interviewing (brief-MI) as a communication approach in a dental
  setting
• Discover the guiding strategies, RULES, and Elicit-Provide-Elicit for supporting positive
  behavior change

Expert Speaker: Michelle Arnett, MS, RDH

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"I loved the examples and real life demonstration"

"Summarized MI well"

Michelle Arnett, MS, RDH

Michelle Arnett currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Dental Care, Division of Dental Hygiene at the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Dentistry (SOD). With 21 years of clinical practice experience and 10 years in academics and research at the University of Michigan SOD and the UMN SOD. Her areas of research focus are motivational interviewing and periodontology. She has incorporated a variety of teaching methodologies and instructional strategies on motivational interviewing in a didactic and clinical setting. Within the last ten years, she has published over 40 peer- review articles. Of those 40, 18 articles and two textbook chapters are specific to motivational interviewing. She has also taught numerous courses locally and nationally on implementing motivational interviewing during clinical practice. Michelle Arnett has taught Communications, Periodontology, and the Dental Hygiene Care Process: Clinical Application III and IV in the UMN undergraduate DH program and Instructional Strategies, Thesis I and II, and Capstone I-IV in the UMN graduate DH program. Her professional memberships include Sigma Phi Alpha-Nu Chapter, American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), and the American Dental Education Association (ADEA).