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This course provides advanced training in motivating behaviour change, including theory, research and practice, with particular emphasis on motivational interviewing.
Following completion of the course students will be expected to:Demonstrate an understanding of the application of MI in a wide variety of clinical settingsDemonstrate an ability to apply the principles of MI in practice
Subject to approval of the Director, Health Sciences Centre, and HLTH430 or HLTH630
HLTH631
Eileen Britt
Mark Wallace-Bell
Philippa Drayton (Waimairi Room 205, 366 7001 ext 8691, healthsciences@canterbury.ac.nz) is in charge of liaison with students in health sciences courses. Your class will appoint a student representative to the liaison committee at the start of the semester. Please feel free to talk to the Academic Liaison or the student rep about any problems or concerns that you might have.
Aegrotat ApplicationsIf you feel that illness, injury, bereavement or other critical circumstances has prevented you from completing an item of assessment or affected your performance, you should complete an aegrotat application form, available from the Registry or the Student Health and Counselling Service. This should be within seven days of the due date for the required work or the date of the examination. In the case of illness or injury, medical consultation should normally have taken place shortly before or within 24 hours after the due date for the required work, or the date of the test or examination. For further details on aegrotat applications, please refer to the Enrolment Handbook. You have the right to appeal any decision made, including aegrotat decisions.http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/aegrotats.shtml, please see Course links.Reconsideration of GradesStudents should, in the first instance, speak to the course co-ordinator about their grades. If they can reach an agreeable solution, students should then speak to the Head of the Health Sciences centre, Assoc Professor Ray Kirk, Waimairi 204, 3643108, ray.kirk@canterbury.ac.nz. Students can appeal any decision made on their final grade. You can apply at the Registry to appeal within 4 weeks of the end of the semester. Be aware that there are time limits for each step of the appeals process.
Miller, William R. , Rollnick, Stephen; Motivational interviewing : preparing people for change ; 2nd ed; London :Guilford Press, 2002.
Rollnick, S., Miller, W. R. & Butler, C. C. (2008). Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping patients change their behaviour. Guilford Publications.
Library portalOn-line course content Aegrotat considerations
Policy on Dishonest PracticePlagiarism, collusion, copying and ghost writing are unacceptable and dishonest practices.• Plagiarism is the presentation of any material (text, data, figures or drawings, on any medium including computer files) from any other source without clear and adequate acknowledgement of the source.• Collusion is the presentation of work performed in conjuction with another person or persons, but submitted as if it has been completed only by the names author(s).• Copying is the use of material (in any medium, including computer files) produced by another person(s) with or without their knowledge and approval.• Ghost writing is the use of another person(s) (with or without payment) to prepare all or part of an item submitted for assessment.In cases where dishonest practice is involved in tests or other work submitted for credit, the student will be referred to the University Proctor. The instructor may choose to not mark the work.
The Health Sciences Centre uses the following scale to convert marks into grades:100-85 A+, 80-84 A, 75-79 A-, 70-74 B+, 65-69 B, 60-64 B-, 55-59 C+, 50-54 C, 40-49 D, 0 E.The Health Sciences Centre reserves the right to adjust this mark/grade conversion. This will occur only when the deemed necessary and such adjustments will not be made to the detriment of a student's grade.
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Late work should be accompanied with a short note explaining why the work is late. The work will be marked and 1% the total marks will be subtracted for each day the work is late. Days late include weekend and holidays.
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with disabilities should speak with someone at Disability Support Service. They are located at 111 Maths Building (Ex.6350, disabilities@canterbury.ac.nz).
On-campus students are to submit their assignments to the relevant lecturer on the due date. Assignments will be retuned in class, or made available for collection at the relevant school office.FLO students will submit their work to the Distance Material & Assignments Centre. The Centre will return work after marking is completed.
Domestic fee $1,681.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Health Sciences .