Development of a Facilitation Curriculum to Support Primary Care Transformation

The “Coach Medical Home” Curriculum

Bibliographic Data

ID9097577
AuthorsKarin E Johnson, Karin Johnson (Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author), Katie Coleman (Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author), Kathryn E Phillips (0000-0002-5592-3078, Qualis Health), Brian T Austin (Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author), Donna M Daniel (American Medical Association), Jessica Ridpath (Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author), Judith Schaefer (Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author), Edward H Wagner (0000-0001-5856-6021, Group Health Cooperative, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume52
IssueSupplement 4
PagesS26-S32
Publication date2014-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0000000000000240
PMID25310635
OpenAlexW2328010072
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

BACKGROUND: In an effort to improve patient care, retain high-quality primary care providers, and control costs, primary care practices across the United States are transforming to patient-centered medical homes. This is no small task. Practice facilitation, also called "coaching," is increasingly being used to support system change; however, there is limited guidance for these programs. OBJECTIVE: To develop an evidence-based curriculum to help practice coaches guide broad-scale transformation efforts in primary care. METHODS: We gathered evidence about effective practice transformation coaching from 25 published programs and 8 expert interviews. Given limited published information, we drew extensively on our experience as leaders and coaches in the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative. Using these data, and with input from a User Group, we identified 6 curricular topics and created learning objectives and curricular content related to these topics. RESULTS: The Coach Medical Home curriculum guides coaches in the following areas: getting started with a practice; recognition and payment; sequencing changes; measurement; learning communities; and sustainability and spread. CONCLUSIONS: Coach Medical Home is a publically available web-based curriculum that provides tools, resources, and guidance for practice transformation support programs, including practice facilitators and learning community organizers

Coaching · Curriculum · Facilitation · Family medicine · Medical education · Medical home · Pedagogy · Primary care · Quality (philosophy) · Health Policy Implementation Science · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology

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