Health psychology and advanced communication skills for prescribers

By the end of this article, you will be able to:

• Apply the principles of health psychology, COM-B and models of behaviour change to your consultations in practice;
• Establish the reasons for a patient’s medication-taking behaviours within a consultation;
• Outline how you would conduct an effective consultation to fully explore a patient’s beliefs and preferences;
• Understand how the principles of MI and SDM could be applied to your own practice.