Support Group Structure

Structure:
The support group will occur twice a month from 12:30PM to about 2:00 PM in the "Community Circle" at Clinic

Time	Activity	Content
12:30-12:45	Intros, check-ins	Check in regarding goals that were brought up at prior meeting or with patient advocate
12:45-1:45	Group learning and/or discussion	Group facilitators lead a discussion on a topic decided on by the group at the previous visit. * Handouts and other visual aids are to be used
1:45-2:00	Check Out	Chose a group learning Topic for next time, and choose a goal to set for the next time based on the topic reviewed

Patients

• Receive health information
• Share their frustrations and accomplishments
• Set goals to work toward next time
• May bring family members

Patient Facilitator

• Will introduce topics and promote discussions in the group
• Will create a set of rules for the group that will be followed
• Will act as liaison, telling our volunteers if there are things that Clinica can do differently

Volunteer Facilitators

• Will be up-to-date on important diabetes topics so they can lead education efforts on them
• Will maintain a collection of education resources and handouts to give to patients
• think of innovative ways to educate about topics and elicit patient suggestions for doing so
• hopefully bring food of some sort - just a light, simple snack