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. 2014 Aug 19;2:e508. doi: 10.7717/peerj.508

Table 2. Themes for each of the six days of MI-training.

Training day MI–theme
DAY 1 To listen and convey cooperation
– To understand the meaning of MI
– To listen and engage in conversation
– To convey cooperation and equality
– To direct toward a target behaviour
DAY 2 To strengthen reinforces toward positive behaviours
– To recognize, elicit, and strengthen change talk
– To ask open-ended and exploring questions
DAY 3 To exchange information and to understand the mechanisms of reinforcement
– To inform as a dialogue
– To understand and implement positive and negative reinforcement
– To convey listening by reflecting
DAY 4 To make efforts to understand the perspectives of the other
– To use empathic listening
– To convey that you are listening and trying to understand through reflections
– To use MITI-coding as feedback
DAY 5 To meet ambivalence and resistance
– To explore readiness to change and ambivalence
– To meet and roll with resistance
– To avoid MI-non-adherent utterances
DAY 6 To use MI in daily inspection practice
– To summarize what has been gone through at the training
– To form a personal plan for upholding MI-proficiency