RHIP Case Development and Facilitation Skills

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RHIP Case Development and Facilitation Skills

• Matthew Borrego, PhD, RPh
• UNM College of Pharmacy
• February 22, 2008

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Agenda for Today

• Map out the remainder of the semster
• Case Development
• Case Facilitation
• Break into our community groups, wrap up Home
  Alone case and start writing your cases

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Calendar for the Rest of the Semester

• Today you can finish the first case (if needed).
• Today you will divide into interdisciplinary
  subgroups (3-6 people) to write interdisciplinary
  PBL cases.
• Each subgroup will present a case at least once
  before the end of the spring RHIP sessions.

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Spring Calendar

• February 22 Case Development Workshop at
  Domenici Ed Ctr 2112
• Start Case 1
• February 29 Case 1
• March 14 Complete Case 1
• March 28 Start Case 2

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Spring Calendar (cont.)

• April 4 Complete case 2
• April 11 Start case 3
• April 18 Complete case 3
• Meet Rural Coordinators
• Program Evaluation

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Community Project Development

• You will also begin to develop ideas for summer
  community health projects during spring RHIP
  sessions.
• April 18 will involve an introduction to health
  projects and community based participatory
  research.
• In April (and May) you should continue preparing
  for summer projects.

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Questions?
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Writing Interdisciplinary Cases

• Cases provide a forum for you to discover
• What you dont know
• What you know
• What you need to learn
• A progressive disclosure format is used.
• Good cases generate many learning issues.

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Guidelines for Developing Interdisciplinary Cases

• Several students from different disciplines will
  form a case writing team to develop their case.
  The same case writing team will facilitate their
  case.
• Everyone should be involved in developing and
  facilitating at least one case.

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More case guidelines

• Incorporate issues from ALL disciplines.
• Consider a range of issues
• Economic issues, resources, health disparities
• Legal and ethical issues
• Public policy and public health
• Cultural considerations
• Psychosocial needs
• Family and community considerations

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More Case Guidelines

• Address the transition through different stages
  of care
• Consider prevention, health promotion and health
  disparities
• Consider community specific issues (resources,
  access to care, etc.)
• Be as realistic as possible

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Case Format

• Cases should facilitate and promote team
  problem-solving and respect.
• Use case questions to guide discussion, but avoid
  being too directive.
• Be creative include exhibits, video, computer
  technology, fieldtrips, guest speakers etc.

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Actually Writing the Case

• Think about the whole case. Where do you want to
  start and end?
• After sketching out the case, fill in the
  details.
• Consider useful case questions.
• Consider exhibits, demonstrations, fieldtrips
  etc.

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Questions?
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Facilitating Tutorials

• Your job is to facilitate, not to teach
• Encourage all students to interact with each
  other
• Emphasize open-ended questions to promote
  discussion
• Ask rather than tell
• Be flexible with the discussion direction

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More Facilitation Techniques

• Be patient with silence!
• Encourage everyone to push to the edge of their
  knowledge and develop learning issues.
• Help your team to focus and summarize what they
  know and dont know.

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Even More on Facilitating

• Promote application/synthesis of information.
• Help identify useful learning issues.
• Lead the evaluation and feedback component at the
  end of the session.
• Have fun, teach about your discipline, and learn
  about other approaches to healthcare.

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Other Resources

• RHIP Student Manual (Spring section)
• RHIP Websites (some good health links)
• http//nmruralhealth.org
• http//hsc.unm.edu/som/programs/
• ruralhealth
• Your RHIP Team (Faculty Students)
• Home Alone Case (Example)