Following Up on Patient Goals and Evoking During Planning

Published 08/10/2021

In this video, the provider checks in on a patient self-management goal, remembering to continue eliciting and evoking, even while planning.

 

This video is part of the “Using Motivational Interviewing in Dentistry” series, which highlights skills and techniques used to effectively engage with patients and to encourage them to become designers of their own oral health care. Motivational interviewing promotes trust and collaboration between the care team and caregiver/patient and is a foundational skill of person-centered care.