ArticleGroup facilitation : a research & applications journal2010
'In the Moment': An Analysis of Facilitator Impact During a Quality Improvement Process.
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- Meeting the challenge of practice quality improvement: a study of seven family medicine residency training practices.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 2011Trial
- Effects of facilitated team meetings and learning collaboratives on colorectal cancer screening rates in primary care practices: a cluster randomized trial.Annals of family medicineTrial
- Better & systematic trauma care (BEST) in Norway: from a local quality improvement project to a national collaborative.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Article
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- Using the Nominal Group Technique to determine a nursing framework for a forensic mental health service: A discussion paper.International journal of mental health nursing · 2022Article
- Multi-tiered external facilitation: the role of feedback loops and tailored interventions in supporting change in a stepped-wedge implementation trial.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
- Role enactment of facilitation in primary care - a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- External facilitators and interprofessional facilitation teams: a qualitative study of their roles in supporting practice change.Implementation science : IS · 2016Article
- More black box to explore: how quality improvement collaboratives shape practice change.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
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Abstract
Facilitators frequently act 'in the moment' - deciding if, when and how to intervene into group process discussions. This paper offers a unique look at how facilitators impacted eleven primary care teams engaged in a 12-week quality improvement (QI) process. Participating in a federally funded QI trial, primary care practices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania formed practice-based teams comprised of physicians, nurses, administrative staff, and patients. External facilitators met with each team to help them identify and implement changes aimed at improving the organization, work relationships, office functions, and patient care. Audio-recordings of the meetings and descriptive field notes were collected. These qualitative data provided information on how facilitators acted 'in the moment' and how their interventions impacted group processes over time. Our findings reveal that facilitators impacted groups in multiple ways throughout the QI process, rather than through a linear progression of stages or events. We present five case examples that show what acting 'in the moment' looked like during the QI meetings and how these facilitator actions/interventions impacted the primary care teams. These accounts provide practical lessons learned and insights into effective facilitation that may encourage others in their own facilitation work and offer beneficial strategies to facilitators in other contexts.
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