Tools
There are a number of tools used in the workshops. These are listed below. Please click on the relevant link to access and download a tool.
There is more information on Tools 1-22 in Chapter 14 of the book Supporting self care in primary care.
Core tools:
- Force field analysis
- Devising your PCT/practice strategy and action plan to establish a new culture of promoting self care
- SWOT analysis
- The basic planning process: taking account of political, economical, sociological and technological (PEST) factors
- The Gap model
- Plan, do, study, act (PDSA) model of improvement
- Timetable tasks with a Gantt chart
- Infrastructure and resource matrix
- Undertake an audit of how well established self care is in your practice
- Training needs analysis
- How well is your team functioning?
- Significant event audit
- P.A.R.T workload assessment tool
- Moving through change
- Keeping a reflective learning log
- Reduce time pressures at work
- Check out whether self care is a priority for your practice and the way in which you plan to learn about it is appropriate
- Draw up a personal map of support mechanisms in your life
- Assess your consultation skills and style
- Determine your consultation style
- Encouraging and guiding a patient to change to adopt self care using self care aware consultation styles
- Record sheet to plan and then describe progress in addressing self care as a general practice team
Additional tools used in the workshops are listed below:
- Healthcare pyramid (PowerPoint presentation)
- Flyer for distribution by PCTs
- Flyer for distribution by practices
- Blank Timetable
- Invitation
- Self care aware consultation (PowerPoint presentation)
- Self care continuum (PowerPoint presentation)
- Self care presentation (PowerPoint presentation)
- Evaluation questionnaire
- Certificate of credit in supporting self care
- Roles and responsibilities




