Lesson Tag: SMA

Peer Review process Complete the SMA Report using this Word document SMA Report Template (if you are unable to open the Word document template, please copy and paste the SMA Report Template below into a new file). Upload your completed SMA Report to the Assignment section below. ASLM will then conduct a peer review and […]

Being a new concept in medical consultations, the idea of SMAs is usually approached cautiously by clinical staff. The usual arguments brought up against the idea are:   Barrier: You can’t use Medicare item numbers to bill for a group consultation Answer: SMAs are not group consultations. They are individual consultations in the presence of […]

Becoming an ASLM Certified SMA Facilitator We encourage you to submit a report of your first SMA to ASLM for peer review and feedback.  This is required for those who want to be certified by ASLM as an SMA facilitator.   Peer Review process Complete the SMA Report using this Word document SMA Report Template […]

Shared Medical Appointments are defined as “…a series of individual office visits sequentially attending to each patient’s unique medical needs individually, but in a supportive group setting where all can listen, interact and learn’. [1] SMAs provide medical care from start to finish – the same as those delivered during routine primary care visits, and […]

These videos were recorded at an SMA training workshop held at Lifestyle Medicine 2016. The workshop was facilitated by Prof Garry Egger, A/Prof John Stevens and Dr Chris Ganora, who offer invaluable insights from their many years of running SMAs. There will be some repetition of content in this presentation, however this will give you […]

How to set up and run a group consultation Northumberland – What the patients say

Facilitator explains SMA to participants Facilitator moves Practitioner along to next patient Facilitator takes notes on board from patient Practitioner does individual consult during SMA

Creating Opportunities for Group Medical Visits (Canada) This video describes three types of groups visits: the Cooperative Health Care Clinic (CHCC), the Drop-In Group Medical Appointment (DIGMA) and Shared Medical Appointments (SMA). (9:12 min)   Drop-In Group Medical Appointments (USA) This video aims to give doctors a sense of how DIGMAs can work for them […]

Egger G, Binns A, Rossner S.Lifestyle Medicine: Understanding the diseases of the 21st (2nd ed) McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 2012. Noffsinger E. The ABCs of Group Visits. Springer, London, 2012. Noffsinger E. Running group visits in your practice. Springer NY, 2009 Stevens J, Bins A, Coles M, Dixon J Egger G. 2015 A user assessment of the potential for […]

For your clinic Debrief with the group: What did you think of this session? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? Would you come again? If so, how regularly? De-brief with Practitioner/staff: What worked? What didn’t work? What could be done better next time?   For […]