Dr. Rick Botelho, Visits Department...
Rick Botelho, BMedSci, BM, BS, Professor of Family Medicine and Nursing at the University of Rochester, New York, visited the Department on October 22.

Dr. Botelho is a consultant on the following two Department grants: "Effective Tobacco Cessation Counseling: Training Future Physicians" and "Effective Intervention for Unhealthy Behaviors: Training Future Physicians in Motivational Interviewing." His primary roll is to assist with the training of motivational interviewing to the faculty so they in turn can teach it to the students. 

During his visit, Dr. Botelho had an opportunity to meet with several faculty to discuss their roles in teaching motivational interviewing and evaluation of the program. He also performed a motivational interviewing teaching session to the residents and faculty at the morning grand rounds.

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