Very often, specific interpersonal and communication skills (e.g. nonverbal behaviour, communication of empathy) are taught within the context of medical interview courses.
Ms. Welsh said their consultants offered advice on applications, interviews, course selection and extracurricular activities.
The structured interviews course was patronising and bordering on infuriating – I had "an attitude problem" apparently.
Team members followed a motivational interviewing course.
The value was profound, as exit interviews, course evaluations, and personal comments even more than 1 yr later have highlighted.
Before the intervention, nurses participated in a 3-day motivational interviewing course and received a one-day RAI-CHA training.
Prior to the start of the intervention, nurses will participate in a 3-day motivational interviewing course.
This training will be offered as a follow-up course on the motivational interviewing course which has been offered to all STI nurses in the Netherlands.
All primary care staff attended a motivational interviewing course, which uses open questions, active listening, and summaries to reinforce and encourage lifestyle changes.
Bowman et al. [ 24] assessed the psychiatric interview skills of physicians 18 months after they attended a problem-based interviewing course and reported that "not only were acquired skills maintained but further changes took place during the follow-up period, change that can be seen as improvement in terms of the course model".
As an alternative, the motivational interviewing course –which was considered useful and desirable by all nurse practitioners in our study- may be extended towards a specialized prevention manager training [ 35], which also focuses on aspects of nutrition and physical activity in diabetes prevention.
