Last year I ran a workshop on the theoretical underpinnings of an intervention led by a local GP & nurse. They are both members of PCDS, so asked if I’d like to reprise the presentation. Somehow, things snowballed…
2nd National Conference of the Primary Care Diabetes Society
Towards coordinated diabetes care:
A multidisciplinary approach to a multifaceted condition…State-of-the-art lectures, clinical updates and masterclasses offering practical guidance to healthcare professionals on how best to confront present and future therapeutic and political issues that directly impact on their everyday practice…
Masterclasses
Using psychological theory to develop diabetes intervention: What would ideal care look like?
Ian Keller and Jonathan Graffy Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge
• Behavioural change and motivational interviewing
• Understanding the needs of the individual
I don’t know anything about MI, and the theories are actually really weak at explaining intervention-induced behaviour change, or at least the ones that have been used that way are. Still, at least they misspelled my name.