Jefferson Health Mentors Program Faculty Development
Facilitating IPE Small Group Sessions: “Dos” and “Don’ts”
Facilitators: Please communicate with your co-facilitator ahead of time to review the facilitator
instructions, to develop a strategy for the session and to exchange contact information. Please contact
Sarah Dallas ASAP if you are unable to make a session.
“Dos”
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Arrive on time
Stay on topic and on 50 minute schedule
Know and refer to the Health Mentors Program goals when necessary:
o Students will understand and value the roles and contributions of various members of the
interprofessional healthcare team.
o Students will understand the perspective of the patient and value patient-centered care.
o Students will appreciate how a person’s health conditions and impairments interact with
personal and environmental factors.
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Explain the importance of working as a team to provide patient-centered care
Walk around and help to initiate/facilitate conversation with teams who are quiet or have
questions
Listen to team’s stories and ask interesting follow-up questions to the student/team
presentations
Encourage students to ask one another questions about their health mentors and their experience
Share stories about your own team-based/clinical experiences when appropriate
Encourage students to think about their professional roles and how they are similar/different
from the roles of other health professionals
Allow students to talk in a team huddle before presentations
Discuss how your impressions of the roles of various health care professionals in providing
patient-centered care has evolved over time, when appropriate
Feel free to share an experience you have had with a member of a health care team and how it
affected the care of the patient, when appropriate.
“Don’ts”
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Do not be afraid of silence after asking a question- allow students to think about the question
and then respond
Do not ask too many details about the assignments, but focus primarily on student reflection
about the Health Mentors, teamwork and take home points
Do not feel the need to stick too tightly to the instructions if the conversations among teams or a
large group is going in a positive direction
Do not sit for the entire IPE small group sessions, but feel free to move around, listen and
become engaged in team/group conversations.
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