Improving Relationships Using Motivational Interviewing

This research aims to optimize patient-clinician relationships through motivational interviewing training in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to improve health outcomes for African American patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Inclusion Criteria:Eligible participants are residents in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine residency programs at Wright State University who will be recruited to participate in the study.Exclusion Criteria:NoneNote: Patients of these participating residents will be invited to participate in the study by providing survey and health data at specified intervals, but these patients will not be the direct recipients of any intervention in this study. Eligible patients will be self-identifying African American individuals ages 18 and over with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, and are patients of either Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residents participating in this study. The target number of patients is 200.