Abstract
Objectives: Utilizing Kirkpatrick's four-level model this study presents the evaluation of a two-day Motivational Interviewing (MI) informed workshop on trainee's satisfaction, MI-knowledge, MI-skills, and applying MI in a community-based diabetes prevention program. Methods: Four students provided feedback on the content of the MI-informed workshop. Seven other trainees took part in its evaluation. MI-skills were evaluated using a vignette (Helpfulness Response Questionnaire; HRQ) at pre- and post-workshop. The Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA) was used to code trainee's audio recordings with clients from the diabetes prevention program. The MICA provides a total score for MI competency and scores on seven MI categories. Results: Average age was 24 years (SD = 2.8), 85% were women, and 57.2% had less than a bachelor degree. The workshop was perceived as highly satisfactory (M = 4.7, SD = 0.41, out of 5). MI-knowledge and MI-confidence increased from pre- to post-workshop (p < .001, ?2p= .95 and p = .003, ?2p = .79, respectively). As expected, the HRQ reflective statements increased relative to asking questions from pre- [R/OQ]=27/25 to post-workshop[R/OQ]=40/29. Despite the short training, 50% of the trainees' MI-skills were classified as client-centered (MICA ?3/5) on all MI categories, but the trainees did not reach overall level of MI competency (MICA ?8/10), with M = 5.8 (SD = .99). Conclusions: Consistent with previous research, this brief training improved MI-knowledge and MI-skills, but it was less effective for overall application of MI. Future work will integrate booster sessions to evaluate the addition of supervised practice on outcomes.Acknowledgments: This work was supported by a CIHR Foundation Grant (#333266), Michael Smith Foundation Health Research Scholar Award (#5917), and EI was supported by Michael Smith Foundation Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. We would like to thank the Centre for Collaboration, Motivation and Innovation for their expertise and support from the Ministry of Health.