Facilitating the supported self-management workshop

A course for health professionals involved in delivering personalised stratified follow up care. The course covers the background to supported self-management, personalised stratified follow up, and supports participants in developing the knowledge and skills required to facilitate supported self-management workshops with men. This course may also benefit health professionals involved in delivering any intervention that promotes self-management.

The content is based on materials developed as part of the TrueNTH supported self-management and follow up care project* and has been further developed and enhanced with thanks to Haves MediComms, Hazel Brodie, Debbie Victor, Clare Waymont and Fay Fawke.

This course consists of five modules plus an over-arching training framework:

• Introduction to supported self-management
• Facilitating supported self-management workshops
• Supported self-management workshop planning
• Facilitating the supported self-management workshops
• Facilitating virtual supported self-management workshops

By the end of this module you should be able to:

• Identify the skills and techniques required to run the workshop
• Understand the agenda, sessions and materials require
• Successfully run a workshop, with the support of a colleague or alone

*Led by the University of Southampton in partnership with Dartford and Gravesham NHST; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHST; Royal United Hospitals Bath NHSFT; St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHST; and the University Hospital Southampton NHSFT