Upcoming Events

  • Monarch Level 1 Introductory Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for Memorial University Entry-to-Practice 3rd year PharmD Students~ 09 Sept 2024 {via Zoom}

    9th Sep 2024 1:00:am – 9th Sep 2024 4:00:am

    This introductory course provides a meaningful overview of MI using The Monarch System’s unique approach which integrates MI with other impactful and evidence-based behaviour change practices such as coaching methods and key elements of behaviour change theories/applications. This 3-hour workshop is sponsored by Memorial University Newfoundland (MUN) and is restricted to students enrolled in the Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at MUN. This is the first-half of our full-day workshop wherein students will learn applied MI techniques to use with your prospective patients in your day-to-day contacts. You will learn how to build motivation and transition that enhanced motivation into a strengthened and real commitment to behaviour changes. We will teach you different ways to use such elements as compelling questions, reflective listening, acknowledging, and recognizing readiness to change and change talk, all in service of your clients’ needs for long- term goal setting and commitment to change. For more information about our company, our events, resources, and workshops please visit our Monarch website https://monarchsystem.com

     

  • Monarch Level 1 Introductory Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for Memorial University Entry-to-Practice 4th year PharmD Students~ 11 Sept 2024 {via Zoom}

    11th Sep 2024 1:00:pm – 11th Sep 2024 4:00:pm

    This 3-hour course is a follow-up or 2nd half of Monarch's full day Level 1 workshop, the first half of which was completed by the PharmD students in September 2023. We will build on existing MI skills and knowledge using The Monarch System’s unique approach which integrates MI with other impactful and evidence-based behaviour change practices such as coaching methods and key elements of behaviour change theories/applications. This workshop is sponsored by Memorial University Newfoundland (MUN) and is restricted to students enrolled in the 4th year of the Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at MUN. We will build on last year's focus on the OARS' skills inclusive of advising-with-permission (Elicit~Provide~Elicit). Numerous examples of MI will be provided along with ample opportunities to practice and hone Motivational Interviewing techniques. The main workshop focus will be on teasing out values in MI conversations such that values can be tagged powerfully onto patients' desired behaviour changes in keeping with our preferred MI definition: arranging conversations so that people talk themselves into change/s based on their own values and interests. For more information about our company, our events, resources, and workshops please visit our Monarch website https://monarchsystem.com

     

  • Monarch Level 1 Introductory Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for MUN Pharmacists ~ 14 Sept 2024 {via Zoom}

    14th Sep 2024 12:30:pm – 14th Sep 2024 4:30:pm

    This introductory course provides a meaningful overview of MI using The Monarch System’s unique approach which integrates MI with other impactful and evidence-based behaviour change practices such as coaching methods and key elements of behaviour change theories/applications. This 4-hour workshop is sponsored by Memorial University Newfoundland and is restricted to pharmacists enrolled in MUN's Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) for Working Professionals' program (WPP) . During our time together, we will explore and help pharmacists to acquire applied MI techniques, concepts, and skills to use with your patients in your professional lives and in your day-to-day contacts. You will learn how to build motivation and transition that enhanced motivation into a strengthened and real commitment to behaviour changes. We will teach you different ways to use such elements as presence, competence views, compelling questions, reflective listening, readiness to change and change talk, tagging values onto desired behaviour changes, and moving with apparent-resistance in service of your patients’ needs for long- term goal setting and commitment to change. For more information about our company, our events, resources, and workshops please visit our Monarch website https://monarchsystem.com

     

  • Monarch Level 1 Workshop on Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for Healthcare Professionals ~ WECHC ~ Sept 23 & 30 2024 {viaZoom}

    23rd Sep 2024 9:00:am – 23rd Sep 2024 12:00:pm

    This introductory, two half-day workshop sessions provide a meaningful overview of MI using the Monarch System’s unique approach which integrates Motivational Interviewing (MI) with other impactful behaviour change practices such as coaching methods and key elements of behaviour change theories/applications. This event is sponsored by the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (WECHC) and is open to all Ontario residents who are either health professionals or students enrolled in a health professional program. Over the two days, we will explore and help you to acquire applied techniques to use with your clients in your day-to-day practice. You will learn how to build motivation and transition that enhanced motivation into a strengthened and real commitment to healthier behaviours. We will teach you different ways to use such elements as presence, competence views, compelling questions, reflective listening, change talk, tagging values onto desired behaviour changes, and moving with apparent-resistance in service of your patients’ needs for long- term goal setting and commitment to change. For registration information, please visit this web site. For more information about the workshop see the WECHC Motivational Interviewing Level 1 Flyer. And for additional information about our workshops, please visit https://monarchsystem.com/

     

  • Monarch Level 2 Advanced Workshop on Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for Healthcare Professionals ~ WECHC ~ Dec 2 & 9 2024 {viaZoom}

    2nd Dec 2024 9:00:am – 2nd Dec 2024 12:00:pm

    This advanced, 2 half-days' (Dec 2 and 9, 9:00-12:00 each day) workshop builds on either of our Introductory (Level 1 full-day/two half or 2-day intensive) MI workshops. This event is sponsored by the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (WECHC) and is open to all Ontario residents who are either health professionals or students enrolled in a health professional program. All participants need to have completed Monarch’s Level 1 workshop or equivalent (click here to view the MI skills covered in our Level 1 course). Specifically, the Monarch System’s Level 2 offering is designed to help health practitioners work with patients/clients who are overwhelmed, stuck behaviourally, and/or are struggling to make the changes they want to make. Many clients are trapped in a view that they cannot change their behaviours, and this workshop focuses on helping free clients from this experience, in service of fostering meaningful health-related behaviour changes. The workshop includes amplified MI video examples; along with additional participant MI practice; and feedback opportunities to support the immediate integration of the new advanced tools within participants’ professional and personal lives. For registration information, please visit this web site - link pending. For more information about the workshop see - flyer link pending - and for additional information about our workshops, please visit https://monarchsystem.com/

     

  • Monarch Level 3 Progressive Workshop on Motivational Interviewing & Coaching Tools for Healthcare Professionals ~ WECHC ~ Jan 27 & Feb 3, 2025 {via Zoom}

    27th Jan 2025 9:00:am – 27th Jan 2025 12:00:pm

    Similar to the previous levels of training, the Level 3 Progressive training builds from Monarch's previous offerings and is both interactive and “hands-on”. The event is sponsored by the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre and is open to health professionals who have completed Monarch's Level 1 and Level 2 workshop trainings or equivalent (a reminder of our level 1 and 2 skills' taught is available here). This set of workshops is offered virtually, via Zoom, for 3 hours each day on 27 January and 3 February, 2025, from 9:00-12:00 each day; to be eligible for a Level 3 course completion certificate, participants must attend both days and participate fully in all aspects of the workshop. The 'progressive' nature of the workshop is such that we want to design the event around participants' experiences using MI and your needs re enhancing, honing, and cementing your MI knowledge and practical skills in service of best impacts on your clients/patients. To that end, prior to the workshop dates, registered participants will be asked to complete a set of questions from a survey monkey questionnaire (link to be provided by mid December 2024). For example, we want to know what MI tools you have used most frequently; what issues have arisen in using MI with your clients; and what would make a level 3 MI workshop useful to you. Consistent with our MI workshops, there will be lots of MI demonstrations; opportunities to practice previously learned and new MI skills in partnerships and/or small groups; and to participate in large group discussions and question-answering sessions. Registration information is available at this link. For more information about our company, our events, resources, and workshops please visit our Monarch website https://monarchsystem.com

     

  • Monarch Level 1 Workshop on MI & Coaching Tools for Waterloo Wellington Self-Management Program Professionals ~ March 6 & 13 2025 {viaZoom}

    6th Mar 2025 9:00:am – 6th Mar 2025 12:00:pm

    This introductory, two half-day workshop sessions provide a meaningful overview of MI using the Monarch System’s unique approach which integrates Motivational Interviewing (MI) with other impactful behaviour change practices such as coaching methods and key elements of behaviour change theories/applications. This event is sponsored by the Waterloo Wellington Self-Management Program and is restricted to health professionals in that Program. Over the two days, we will explore and help you to acquire applied techniques to use with your clients in your day-to-day practice. You will learn how to build motivation and transition that enhanced motivation into a strengthened and real commitment to healthier behaviours. We will teach you different ways to use such elements as reflective listening at 3 levels, presence, competence views, compelling questions, eliciting change talk, tagging values onto desired behaviour changes, and moving with apparent-resistance in service of your patients’ needs for long- term goal setting and commitment to change. For registration information, please visit this link. For more information about the workshop see this flyer and for additional information about our workshops, please visit https://monarchsystem.com/