The specific objectives were to assess: (1) observed facilitator adherence to planned BCTs; (2) variation in BCT adherence across different facilitators, sessions and BCTs and (3) agreement between observed and self-reported BCT adherence to sections of the workshop.
Once the goals had been identified, the participant chose up to three ways to obtain support to achieve them: individual sessions with their wellbeing facilitator; group sessions with other participants; or direction ('signposting') to appropriate public or voluntary services in their locality.
Strategies staff developers might consider to support facilitators could include co-facilitation, in which a novice facilitator attends sessions of a more experienced facilitator deemed to be "excellent" (by whom, as there is frequently a mismatch between perceptions of faculty and students?).
Without a facilitator, such sessions can degenerate into an effort to find as many negative things as possible to say about each new idea.
A detailed manual has been written that provides instructions for the enhanced AAA sexual assault resistance program facilitators, including session materials, scripts, and trouble-shooting advice.
Eighty-seven percent of respondents indicated they found the most helpful aspects of the FT to be the detailed list of expected outcomes for each day of the SI, the "constructive and destructive" activity about individual behaviors in a group setting, and the daily facilitator debrief sessions during the SI.
12 four-hour facilitator plenary sessions until the end of the observation period, i.e. 30.06.10, allowed for the discussion of experiences, extension and consolidation of knowledge, skills and understanding, identification of needs and barriers, and development of a sustainable group structure.
We assessed adherence to planned BCT delivery and variation of delivery of the BCTs across different facilitators and sessions.
Furthermore, we took field notes during observation (e.g. as co-facilitators), training sessions, supervision, project meetings, and other experiences we as researchers have gained through working with the larger project, and with the facilitators and the reflection groups in particular.
