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Readiness Ruler

General Practice
Psychiatry
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Summary

This on-demand teaching session, "Readiness Ruler for Importance and Confidence", is an engaging and helpful assessment tool for medical professionals. The session helps in identifying and assessing the willingness of patients to take action regarding their health. The readiness ruler ranges from 1-10 and categorizes patients into pre-contemplators (1-4), ambivalent (5-7), and those very willing to take action (8-10). This tool will assist you in understanding your patient's mindset better to provide appropriate motivation and intervention. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or a burgeoning medical student, this session will add a valuable tool to your mental health inventory.

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Do you struggle to use the word obesity with patients?

Can your/our weight make a difference in what patients think?

How do you feel about body weight?

Having those difficult conversations with patients can be, well, difficult.

Join Michaela in a safe environment to find out more about how you can help both you and your patients with weight and physical activity.

A Face to Face event for Richmond and Wandsworth practices only.

Learning objectives

  1. Understand the fundamentals and application of the 'Readiness Ruler for Importance and Confidence' as an assessment tool in the context of patient readiness for change or intervention.
  2. Learn how to comprehensively assess the stage of a patient's readiness while respecting their autonomy, with a focus on identifying whether they are pre-contemplators, ambivalent, or very willing to take action.
  3. Develop skills to interpret and apply the results of the Readiness Ruler to individualize treatment plans and counseling strategies, with an emphasis on motivational interviewing techniques.
  4. Gain insight into the role and benefits of using scaling questions to gauge a patient’s readiness, importance, and confidence in making a health behavior change.
  5. Enhance communication skills for effective patient-centered conversations that can promote patient cooperation and adherence to recommended health behaviors or treatment regimens.
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ReadinessRulerforImportanceand Confidence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Scaling questions 1 - 10 to assess 1-4 Pre-contemplators 5-7 Ambivalent 8-10 very willing to take action