2010 Talks and Workshops

January 12th, 2010. Scales, R. (Speaker). Heart health and performance. 0.5-hour community-based presentation to the St. Patrick's Church Women's Circle, Scottsdale, Arizona.

January 15th, 2010. (Speaker). The exercise consultation: Preventing chronic illness. 0.5-hour presentation at
the Mayo Clinic-Arizona Endocrinology Division Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona.

February 1st, 2010. Scales, R. (Speaker). Motivating patients to adopt a healthful lifestyle. 1.0-hour presentation
at the Mayo Clinic-Arizona Family Medicine Resident Monthly Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona.

February 11th, 2010. Scales, R. (Speaker). Motivating patients to adopt a healthful lifestyle. 0.75-hour presentation
at the Mayo Clinic-Arizona Mid-Level Provider Quarterly Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona.

February 18th, 2010. Scales, R. (Speaker). The miracle of exercise: Heart health and performance. 1.0-hour community-based presentation for participants in the Arizona State University Employee Wellness Program, Tempe, Arizona.

March 10th, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). An introduction to motivational interviewing in diabetes care.
1.5-hour presentation at the Central Arizona Area Diabetes Educators Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

April 8th, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). Commitment and level of confidence to exercise on completion of a motivational interview in a cardiology-based prevention program. Rapid communications poster presentation
at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 31st Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

April 15th, 2010. Halli, S., Scales, R. (Co-presenter). Balancing technology with the human touch: An initiative at the Mayo Clinic to prevent cardiovascular disease and related conditions in working populations. 1.5-hour post-conference concurrent session presentation at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Occupational Health Nursing, Anaheim, California.

May 1st & 15th, 2010. Scales, R. (Speaker). Motivational interviewing for healthcare professionals. 2-day
training workshop for the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

May 8th, 2001. Scales, R. (Speaker). Train smart for heart health and performance. 1.5-hour community-based
presentation at the Desert Mountain: Sonora Fitness Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

May 14th, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). Motivating patients towards change. 1.0-hour presentation at the New
Mexico Department of Health Diabetes Educators Spring Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

May 17th-18th, 2010. Scales, R., Miller, J. H. (Co-presenter). Motivational interviewing to promote behavior
change.  2-day training workshop for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Nutrition & Diabetes Program Staff, Farmington, New Mexico.

June 3rd, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). A practical evaluation of functional movement in a cardiology-based
prevention program. Poster proposal submitted for presentation at the 57th American College of Sports Medicine
Annual Meeting and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

June 17th, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). An investigation of teaching methods to introduce motivational
interviewing into a physical therapy school program. Poster presentation at the Annual Conference and
Exposition of the American Physical Therapy Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

June 23rd-26th, 2010. Akalan, C., Collins, J., Scales, R. (Co-presenter). Balancing high technology with the
human touch in sports science: Motivational interviewing to improve physical activity. 2-hour symposium presentation at the 15th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science, Antalya, Turkey.

July 24th, 2010. Scales, R., Myers, E. S. (Co-presenter). Motivational interviewing in nutrition education. 1-hour
concurrent session presentation at the Society of Nutrition Education 2010 Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada.

July 26th-27th, 2010. Scales, R., Miller, J. H. (Co-presenter). Motivational interviewing: An advanced level
workshop for previously trained practitioners. 2-day advanced level training workshop for the Navajo Area
Indian Health Service, Nutrition & Diabetes Program Staff, Farmington, New Mexico.

October 2nd, 2010. Scales, R. (Presenter). An introduction to motivational interviewing: Continuing
education seminar for clinical instructors and faculty in physical therapy. 5-hour workshop presentation at
the Annual Meeting of the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium, Coeur
D'Alene, Idaho.