Centering Instructional Workshops

Centering is a major change for the whole system. CHI’s Basic Workshops and Level II Advanced Facilitation Workshops teach skills necessary for conducting Centering group care and also provide information for common system challenges such as patient recruitment and scheduling.

New sites that are considering starting a Centering program will receive both basic and advanced training as part of their Implementation Plan.

Basic Workshops are two days long and are scheduled frequently in different locations. Occasionally, sites in need of training for several new hires or non-profit organizations (e.g. state March of Dimes) may serve as the host for a basic workshop.

Who should register? The following people should consider attending a basic workshop:

1. People in the role of “advance scout” may attend to get basic information that will help their site with early planning. This would be precursor to starting an Implementation Plan.
2. A new hire at a site currently offering a Centering program.
3. Small sites planning to implement the model. These sites should send a variety of people to the workshop including at least two to four facilitation teams (each comprised of a provider and a RN or MA), an administrator, and a representative from the front desk staff.

Objectives for Basic Workshop

1. To understand the basic principles underlying a group approach to health care.
2. To understand Centering as a particular model of group care.
3. To focus on facilitative leadership as the basis for leading Centering groups.
4. To understand the standards for Centering models and the relationship to site approval and sustainability.
5. To develop a site-specific timeline for implementation of a Centering program.

Level II Advanced Facilitation Workshops offer additional training in facilitation skills.

Who should register? Centering providers and other group facilitators who have

• attended the basic workshop and
• have been active in facilitating Centering groups and/or designing the evaluative component.

Level II Facilitation workshops are one day and offered at various locations. Objectives include:

1. Demonstrate increased understanding of facilitative leadership and its relationship to empowerment
2. Describe advanced strategies for dealing with group problems
3. Define the components of a research and evaluation program
4. Define cultural competence and cultural humility including its relationship to effective group leadership

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