Table 1 Description of the facilitation methods offered by the facilitator to support the physiotherapists
Facilitation methods | Description |
|---|---|
Outreach visits | Ten 2-h outreach visits with the facilitator and participating physiotherapists. |
Peer coaching | Both formal (outreach visits) and informal discussions with other participating physiotherapists at the clinic. |
Educational materials | Nine web lectures (12–25 min) describing the core components of the behavioral medicine approach and evidence supporting the behavioral medicine approach; 10 video-recorded role-plays (5–13 min); assistive written materials such as a printable diary for patients’ self-monitoring; and a book describing the model for the systematic application of a behavioral medicine approach to physiotherapy clinical practice. |
Individual goal-setting | Set from one outreach visit to the next coming. Also including behavioral contract. |
Video feedback | Video recordings of their own sessions with patients as a basis for feedback and discussions during the outreach visits. |
Self-monitoring in a diary | Self-monitoring of the physiotherapists’ behaviors connected to their individual goals. |
Manager support | Manager support by two telephone calls from a researcher during the implementation period to prompt managers’ supportive attention to the participating physiotherapists. |
Information leaflet to patients | Information leaflet to patients about what was planned to happen during the physiotherapy session. |