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Lora Peppard ’08 first heard about Motivational Interviewing (MI) in a psychotherapy course while pursuing her master’s degree to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. The approach, which helps an individual find motivation to make positive decisions and accomplish established goals, is often associated with treatment for addiction. However, Peppard says the practice is quickly picking up traction in other areas of health care as well.  

Publications, Presentations, and Other News October 2017

Marie Carmel Garcon, DNP, has worked at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) for the past 28 years. From the ICU, dealing with infectious diseases, even working with dialysis patients, the newest nurse practitioner (NP) to join ColumbiaDoctors Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Group says she’s seen it all in the hospital setting. In fact, it was after she noticed something missing when checking-in with patients after discharge that compelled her to take her new job extending primary care inside a patient’s home.