Blending Initiative motivational interviewing CME/CE and patient simulation.

This Blending Team Product combines a CME course and Patient Simulation to create a unique forum to provide practical guidance for physicians and other clinicians in effective Motivational Interviewing techniques that will facilitate conversations with patients to address health risk behaviors. The CME course, “Talking to Patients about Health Risk Behaviors,” guides physicians, nurses, and other clinicians through practical skills building and technique development using videos to model effective communication, while the interactive Patient Simulation allows for real time testing and reinforcement of these skills in the clinical setting.

Physicians can earn a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits via the CME course; Nurses can earn 1.5 ANCC Contact Hours. There is also an unaccredited module for other providers to use to enrich their clinical best practices.