Practicing Motivational Interviewing for Obesity Care: An Interactive Virtual Patient Experience

Practicing Motivational Interviewing for Obesity Care: An Interactive Virtual Patient Experience is organized by Pri-Med.

Release Date: 06/30/2025
Expiration Date: 06/30/2026

Description:
Obesity conversations can be difficult to navigate in primary care. This activity builds your skills in motivational interviewing and incorporating non-judgmental language, then provides a low-stakes environment for you to apply these techniques with an AI-powered patient avatar. Practice challenging communications skills and receive immediate feedback while gaining confidence to create patient-centered, goal-aligned obesity care plans.

Learning Objectives:

• Use appropriate, non-judgmental language when discussing obesity with patients
• Apply motivational interviewing techniques in the clinical setting to improve clinicians’ and patients’ comfort in discussions about obesity while eliciting information about patient’s weight loss goals, motivations, and stage of change
• Employ therapeutic communication strategies to develop patient-centered treatment plans for people with obesity

Topics:

• Obesity Medicine
• Endocrinology