CIPC Blog

It is logical to ask if Motivational Interviewing can be an effective intervention for patients struggling with issues of weight and obesity.  As with any chronic health condition, MI can be helpful, but it is not a cure.  The question to ask is, “What is the target?”

Primary care is an appropriate setting for managing many chronic conditions.  Its longitudinal practice of medicine may seem ideal to handle this intractable issue.  But modern PC practices are also fast-paced and mostly limited to brief encounters.  Obesity cannot be cured in a fifteen-minute consult.  

As one of the team who answers queries and concerns from the public and helps individuals and groups in their decision making, I was really pleased to get this request recently. The team here knows that I am passionate about Care Management. For me, “Integrated Care Management” has such great potential to make a difference in patients’ experience. Read more >