Pilot study of the influence of self-coding on empathy within an introductory motivational interviewing training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a framework for addressing behavior change that is often used by healthcare professionals. Expression of empathy during MI is associated with positive client outcomes, while absence of empathy may produce iatrogenic effects. Although training in MI is linked to increased therapeutic empathy in learners, no research has investigated individual training components' contribution to this increase. The objective of this study was to test whether a self-coding MI exercise using smartphones completed at hour 6 of an 8-h MI training was superior in engendering empathy to training as usual (watching an MI expert perform in a video clip for the same duration at the same point in the training).

Methods

This was a pilot study at two sites usi

SUBMITTER: Simper T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature