Table 1.

Themes, conversations recorded and their use as feedback at each of 6 workshops in a training programme in motivational interviewing (MI) for 38 Swedish dairy cattle veterinarians

Workshop	Theme	Conversations and feedback
1	To listen and to communicate collaboration To understand the meaning of MI, 4 processes To convey collaboration and equality To emphasise autonomy To use empathic listening To avoid MI-non-adherent utterances To cultivate MI-adherent utterances To ask questions, make reflections and summarise
2	To reinforce positive client behaviours To recognise, elicit and strengthen Change Talk To recognise and soften Sustain Talk To use the coding results as feedback	5–10 min conversation with another participant at workshop 1
3	To make efforts to understand the perspectives and motives of the other To recognise, elicit and strengthen Change Talk To recognise and soften Sustain Talk To construct reflections	10–20 min conversation with friend, relative, colleague (coded and commented) 20 min role-play conversation with actor (coded and commented)
4	To exchange information in a collaborative manner To exchange information in a dialogue To avoid confrontation and persuasion To persuade with permission and give neutral information To emphasise autonomy	Workshops 4–6 3 professional conversations, each 20 min 2 coded with comments 1 verbatim transcription, not coded
5	To adjust communication to the level of motivation To explore readiness to change and ambivalence To go from cultivating motivation to planning action To meet and roll with resistance/dissonance To develop experience of discrepancy
6	To use MI in daily veterinary practice To summarise the MI-training programme To form a personal plan for upholding MI proficiency