Motivational Interviewing: A Guide for Medical Trainees. This item is unavailable.Motivational Interviewing: A Guide for Medical Trainees

This may be the single most important book you ever buy during your medical training that will help you learn about how to engage patients in a discussion about behavior change. Whatever field you pursue, patient-care will be at the heart of your practice. Motivational Interviewing is transforming the way we engage with patients and colleagues alike. This manual is ideal for any medical doctors at all levels in their career. The text is thorough yet concise and easily accessible using clinical vignettes, personal reflections, self-assessment quizzes, and online video clips of clinical cases.

Antoine Douaihy, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine Services, Associate Residency Training Director, and Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Throughout his career, he has developed and expanded his involvement in training and mentoring medical trainees in Motivational Interviewing and substance use disorders. His research and publications focus on substance use disorders, Motivational Interviewing, and HIV/AIDS.

Thomas M. Kelly, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been in practice at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) since 1982. Dr. Kelly received his doctoral degree in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996. He has been affiliated with Addiction Medicine Services (AMS) at WPIC for 15 years and provides outpatient treatment to dual-disordered adults. Dr. Kelly is currently the Director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Service at AMS and, in this capacity, treats adolescent dual disordered patients and supervises other clinicians on the use of individual and family therapy. Dr Kelly has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers since 2005 and he routinely conducts training workshops, lectures and seminars, locally and nationally.

Melanie A. Gold, DO is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Public Health. She is also a staff physician at the University of Pittsburgh Wellness Center's Student Health Service. She is a certified specialist in Pediatrics with sub-specialty certification in Adolescent Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Gold has been a Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer since 2000 and has conduct numerous trainings on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and behavior change counseling for the health care setting with physicians, medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, health educators, dental students, psychologists, sports physiologists, social workers, and nutritionists.