Implementation Science Facilitation

Facilitation

To facilitate is “to make easier” or “help bring about.” (Merriam Webster). Facilitation is a process that trainers, team builders, and communicators use to add content, process, and structure to meet the needs of an individual, group or team. In an overall description, facilitation is used to help a group of people to achieve their goal.

Listed below are various phases within an implementation science exercise that require facilitation skills.

• Stakeholder interviews
• Sense making exercises
• Co-design workshops
• Simulation testing
• Education sessions
• Stakeholder management