Medicines Adherence: Understanding and Changing Patient Behaviour (FutureLearn)

You will become familiar with the COM-B framework and see examples of behaviour change techniques to promote adherence. Learners from around the world will share best practices and discuss the practical examples shown through simulated clinical consultations.

What topics will you cover?

- Application of the COM-B Model to identify the wide range of factors driving medicines non-adherence

- Behaviour change techniques to initiate and support medicine-taking behaviour

- Simulated patient-practitioner consultations to illustrate the concepts, tools and techniques covered in this course

What will you achieve?

- Apply a framework to better understand the drivers of medicines non-adherence

- Apply techniques to effectively support behavior change in medicines taking behaviour

- Reflect on how to implement these techniques in clinical practice