Motivational interviewing training for medical students: a pilot pre-post feasibility study

Current ideas in medical ethics favour the promotion of greater patient autonomy, placing patients at the heart of the healthcare system [1]. Practitioners must seek to establish a therapeutic alliance with patients, encouraging them to accept care or adopt healthier behaviours. The practitioner ’s empathy towards the patient is a determining factor in therapeutic management [2–4]. The use of patient-centred communication by physicians and the training of medical students in communication skills are also associated with higher levels of satisfaction and lower levels of psychological dis tress in patients, especially in cancer patients, and even better adherence to treatment [5–8].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - June 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Antoine Ch éret, Christine Durier, Nicolas Noël, Katia Bourdic, Chantal Legrand, Catherine D’Andréa, Evelyne Hem, Cécile Goujard, Patrick Berthiaume, Silla M. Consoli Source Type: research