How to utilize motivational interviewing in patient communications

Discussing her lecture at the American Academy of Optometry 2021 annual meeting in Boston, Diane Russo, OD, MPH, FAAO, sits down with Optometry Times® Associate Editor, Brooke Henson, to review a few motivational interviewing tactics and how they can be applied to a health care setting.

Resources mentioned:

· Rollnick S, Miller W, Butler C. Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior. New York, Guilford Press, 2008.

· Miller W, Rollnick S. Motivational Interviewing Helping People Change, 3rd Edition. New York, Guilford Press, 2012.

· Hennein L, de Alba Campomanes AG. Association of a Health Coaching and Transportation Assistance Intervention at a Free Ophthalmology Homeless Shelter Clinic with Follow-Up Rates. JAMA Ophthalmology. Published online January 28, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.6373