Behaviour Change Counselling Development Program for Family Physicians

Website: https://www.nshevents.ca/organizer/nsha/

Nova Scotia Health

Learn evidence-based practical skills to help you support your patients to establish & sustain health behaviour changes over the long term.

<h3>PLEASE NOTE: This program is for family physicians who work in Nova Scotia!</h3>The Behaviour Change Counselling Development Program (BCCDP) is offered by the Primary Health Care and Chronic Disease Management Network, Nova Scotia Health and provides education, training and support for family physicians who are interested in supporting patients to effectively activate and sustain health behaviour changes to improve health outcomes. The program uses a quality-improvement approach and includes three main components that span over a 12-week period. These include eight self-directed e-modules, three self-directed action periods where new learnings are integrated into practice, and three two-hour interactive virtual workshop-style sessions. Learning Objectives: 1.	Apply motivational communication strategies (ask, listen, summarize, invite) into daily practice. 2.	Integrate a non-judgemental stance into clinical interactions.3.	Integrate the skill of how to identify, avoid and respond effectively to a motivational argument into clinical interactions. 4.	Engage, partner, and share responsibility with patient in the identification and assessment of readiness using a traffic light metaphor. 5.	Partner with patient to introduce behaviour modification through the introduction of goal setting using an Ideas-into-Action tool. 6.	Partner with patient to introduce the concepts of goal shaping, stimulus control and reinforcement management through the integration of motivational communication skills when appropriate.7.	Integrate motivational communication skills into the introduction of a distress and wellbeing assessment when appropriate.8.	Integrate motivational communication skills to introduce and explore the 4S’s9.	Integrate motivational communication skills to introduce and explore the concept of replacing the function.10. Integrate motivational communication skills to introduce stress management strategies as a tool to address emotion management.11. Integrate BCCDP tools and resources into an effective workflow. The Primary Health Care and Chronic Disease Management Network, Nova Scotia Health is pleased to offer the program in the spring of 2022, led by facilitators and family physicians working in Nova Scotia.<h3>The program runs from April 21st to July 14th, 2022. </h3><h3></h3><h3>Participation in ALL components of the program is required to receive full CME credits (42 credits). This includes the information below as well as program surveys and evaluations.</h3><h3>DATES and PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:</h3>Block 1 (April 21-May 19)Asynchronous work (4-5 hours):o	E-modules 1-4 completedo	Development and implementation of personal action planSynchronous work (2 hours)o	Group Learning Session 1 – May 19Block 2 (May 20-June 16)Asynchronous work (2-3 hours):o	E-modules 5-6 completedo Development and implementation of personal action planSynchronous work (2 hours)o	Group Learning Session 2 – June 16Block 3 (June 17-July 14)Asynchronous work (2-3 hours):o	E-modules 7-8 completedo Development and implementation of personal action planSynchronous work (2 hours)o	Group Learning Session 3 – July 14All learning sessions will be held virtually via Zoom and run from 6:30-8:30 pm.This 3-credit-per-hour group and self-learning assessment program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Nova Scotia Chapter for up to 42 Mainpro+ credits.*Note: If you are a Nova Scotia Health primary care provider, please confirm with your primary health care health services manager/lead before registering. Please contact Sarah Manley at sarah.manley@nshealth.ca for more information about the program.

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