Almost half of all Americans, over one hundred and third million people, suffer from chronic conditions (Schneider, O’Donnell and Dean, 2009). In order to help keep delivery of evidence-based care as uniform as possible, practice guidelines and standards of care…
Now that we’ve thoroughly discussed the overall process of coaching a patient through behavior change, let’s talk specifics. Overall wellness is extremely important, but there are several specific areas of wellness that require special coaching approaches or considerations. They are:…
We began looking at some open-ended questions in yesterday’s blog, and today we take that a step further by looking at the concept of Motivational Interviewing. “The use of MI includes setting a stage of support and empathy while implementing…
Now that we have begun the facilitating behavior change discussion, let’s talk about how you can guide your patient through the change process using goal setting techniques. When patients are facing the need for behavior change, it can be a…
So far we have talked about several different concepts and begun to develop skills that will help you communicate as effectively as possible with your patients. We have learned to recognize their communication and learning styles and we have learned…