Online CPD Course for Healthcare Practitioners
Behaviour Change Skills: Enhancing Motivation
You cannot motivate someone who does not want to change. But you can help them find their own reasons to.
This skills-based online CPD course teaches you motivational interviewing – the approach that works with human psychology, not against it.
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
For healthcare professionals who are exhausted from pushing patients toward change – and ready to learn how to draw it out instead.
Ideal for: GPs, nurses, dietitians, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, mental health professionals, and anyone who has ever thought “I have told them a hundred times – why will they not change?”
WHY PRACTITIONERS NEED THIS COURSE RIGHT NOW
Enhancing Motivation answers your critical questions:
1. Are you working harder than your patients to change their behaviour?
When you are more invested than they are something is off. Motivational interviewing gives you skills that shift this dynamic.
2. Do your patients say they want to change – then never do?
That gap is ambivalence. It is completely normal – and it requires a specific approach. Get it wrong and you create resistance. Get it right and you unlock change.
3. Have you ever felt like you are pushing against a closed door?
That feeling is a signal. The harder you push, the harder patients push back. MI offers a better way – where patients pull themselves toward change because they want to.
WHAT WILL I BE ABLE TO DO?
After this course, you will:
- Define motivation and motivational interviewing – Understand what MI is, the principles underlying it and why it works.
- Identify and demonstrate key MI skills – Recognise and practise reflective listening and other core techniques in real consultations.
- Apply MI strategies effectively – Use approaches to explore readiness, work with ambivalence and support decision-making.
- Recognise and strengthen change talk – Hear the language that signals movement and respond in ways that build motivation.
WHAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS SAY
“This has provided some really helpful practical questions and phrases, as well as MI background, that has made me think how to improve my practice.”
Learner, Enhancing Motivation
MEET YOUR EXPERT EDUCATORS
Developed by CCH in conjunction with BCT. Created by specialists who have spent decades at the intersection of behaviour change and healthcare education.
Dympna Pearson
Registered Dietitian, MINT Trained
Dympna has spent over 15 years training NHS practitioners in behaviour change skills and is a published author on weight management.
Sam Howard
Registered Dietitian
Sam brings extensive NHS clinical experience and over ten years of delivering behaviour change training to healthcare professionals.
WHAT IS COVERED IN THE COURSE?
Part 1 – Course Content
- Course introduction & Questionnaire (10 min)
- History and Background of Motivational Interviewing (10 min)
- What is Motivational Interviewing? (17 min)
- What Does Motivational Interviewing Look Like? (12 min)
- Exploring Motivation and Readiness to Change (12 min)
- Change Talk – What is it? (15 min)
- Other Useful Strategies (15 min)
- Further Reading (5 min)
Part 2 – Certificate
- Quiz (10 min)
- Certificate (5 min)
Practical Resources
- Toolkits to use in practice
- Curated resources on behaviour change skills
HOW WILL I LEARN?
CCH courses follow best practice in online education. This skills-based online course combines expert teaching with practical application through:
- Video lessons showing MI techniques in action with patient scenarios
- Interactive e-Learning units and scenarios
- Reflective exercises to practise MI skills in your own context
- Downloadable transcripts and resources for continued skill development
- End-of-course quiz and Certificate of Completion
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: How long do I need to complete the course?
A: The course takes around two hours, but you can complete at your own pace and according to your schedule.
Q: Can I claim this for appraisal and revalidation?
A: Yes. You will receive 2 CPD hours and a Certificate of Completion for your portfolio.
Q: Should I complete Person-Centred Communication first?
A: Recommended but not required. The communication skills from Course 1 make motivational interviewing more effective – but this course stands on its own.
Q: Is motivational interviewing backed by evidence?
A: Yes. Over 40 years of research across multiple health conditions and settings. This is not a fad – it is one of the most studied approaches in behaviour change.
IS THIS SHORT COURSE RIGHT FOR ME?
- You are frustrated that patients do not follow through – even when they agree with your advice
- You want to stop pushing and start collaborating with patients’ own
- You want to practise specific MI skills, not just learn theory
- You believe patients are more likely to change when they find their own reasons
THE PRICE AND WHAT IS INCLUDED
- Course price: £59.00
- 2 hours of expert-led CPD training
- Reflective exercises to embed new skills
- Downloadable transcripts for easy reference
- CCH Certificate of Completion
- Immediate access – start learning in the next 10 minutes
