Become a Facilitator

Are you passionate about chronic disease self-management and have a desire to help other health care professionals learn self-management support skills?

The North Simcoe Muskoka Self-Management Program provides opportunities annually for health care professionals to participate in The Empathy Effect, Choices and Changes, Brief Action Planning and Foundations of MI Train-the-Trainer Courses to learn how to co-lead these workshops. Interested health care professionals can apply to become a volunteer facilitator for these workshops to champion self-management support skills in the North Simcoe Muskoka region.

Minimum Qualifications of Self-Management Facilitators:

  • Possess an academic degree in a health related discipline and has clinical experience working in a health care environment
  • Values learning and possesses group leadership and critical thinking skills
  • Has extensive knowledge of self-management principles and strategies to support patients to self-manage
  • Currently works or lives in the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN region to support people with chronic conditions to self-manage
  • Excellent presentation skills and has experience facilitating training workshops for health care professionals
  • Demonstrates commitment and passion for chronic disease self-management
  • Is available to facilitate at least 1 workshop per year within the of North Simcoe Muskoka region

Volunteer facilitators are provided with an honorarium to co-lead workshops.

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