Practitioner groups

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Practitioner groups

• Dr Paula Wright
• Deanery Adviser on
• Sessional GPs

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Why might we benefit from groups ?

• Keeping up to date- collective efforts
• Peer support/ Maslow
• Sharing techniques for finding answers PUNS and
  DENS (e.g. web site)
• Increasing awareness of how groups function
  (well/badly)
• Explore difficult areas of learning ethics,
  politics complaints, interpersonal conflict etc)
  
• Reflecting on Personal professional dilemmas
• Translating theory into more practice based
  discussion

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What is on offer TODAY and after

• Meeting others today (potential groups members
  and also those with experience of groups)
• Some information about GROUPS
• Email list of people and their location and
  interests
• .
• Then over to you !
• (in future sharing good practice)

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Nuts and Bolts

• 3 behaviours of groups
• TASK what do we want to achieve
• GROUP how will we work together ?
• (ground-rules, establishing trust, resolving
  conflict)
• SELF serving own needs (seeking recognition?/
  blocking/ dominating/ contributing)

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Ground-rules

• Punctuality
• Respect
• Confidentiality
• Non-judgemental feedback
• Regular attendance
• Frequency and timing
• Type of contribution- reciprocity
• Membership how new members join
• etc

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Key skills for groups

• Listening
• Empathy
• Feedback skills

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Reflective listening

• Paraphrasing
• Reflecting feeling
• Reflecting meaning

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Empathy

• 3 components
• Understanding how the other person is feeling
• Understanding the situation that triggered those
  feelings
• Communicating your understanding in such a way
  that that person feels accepted and understood.

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Feedback

• Right time and place
• Describe a behaviour or action NOT an intention
  or attribute
• Be specific
• Directed feedback to somethng the receive can do
  something about
• Communicate it clearly

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SDLGs

• Regular set time of month swill reduce time spent
  on organising
• 8-10 means dont you can miss some without
  meetings being cancelled
• Need regular meetings to warm up
• Strong educational focus
• Take

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SDLGs practicalities

• Setting up meeting
• Introductions
• Ice breakers (YES!)
• When/where/how long/what you cover/rotas/
  planning 3-6m ahead
• Ground rules
• Evaluate/reflect after 6 months
• Any special roles host/ presenter/coordinator/
  time keeper
• Allowing time in each meeting for chat/
  planning and reflection

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Evaluating meetings

• Are they meeting their aims
• Is everyone able to participate?
• Was time managed well
• Is decision making shared by participants ?
• Whats going well ?
• What would like to look at changing ?

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Next smaller Group work

• Hopes and Fears
• Geographically based
• What is needed next/ What issues do we want to
  explore ?
• Nominate spokesperson
• BACK TO Large lecture theatre at .
• For final feedback from groups