WATCH: Damara Gutnick, MD, explains motivational interviewing basics

Damara Gutnick, MD, the medical director of the Montfiore Hudson Valley Collaborative, explains the basics of motivational interviewing, a technique physicians can you use to empower patients to make healthy decisions and improve health outcomes.

This is the first in a series of videos featuring Dr. Gutnick. Stay tuned for the next installment, which includes Dr. Gutnick's discussion of how her patients changed once she started using motivational interviewing techniques.

This video was recorded in April, at the American College of Physicians annual conference in Philadelphia.

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