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Free Downloads - Tools/Checklists

See also: Free Downloads: Reports/Roadmaps

IPFCC offers a wide variety of free downloadable PDFs to use in your organization. Please click one of the links below to view and download a PDF resource.

We encourage sharing of our resources for educational purposes. Read More about IPFCC’s policy for reproducing and reprinting documents.

Tools to Foster Collaboration in Care

  • Applying Patient and Family-Centered Concepts to Bedside Rounds
  • Applying Patient and Family-Centered Concepts to Bedside Rounds in Newborn Intensive Care
  • Applying Patient and Family-Centered Concepts to Bedside Pediatric Rounds

Tools to Foster Family Presence

  • Partnering with Families in Hospitals: Self Assessment
  • Partnering with Families in Children's Hospitals: Self-Assessment

Tools to Foster Collaboration with Patient and Family Advisors

  • A Checklist for Attitudes About Patients and Families as Advisors
  • A Patient and Family Advisory Council Workplan: Getting Started
  • Application Template for Patient and Family Advisors
  • Creating Advisory Councils
  • Preparing for Patient and Family Advisor Participation on Quality Improvement and Safety Initiatives
  • Presentations by Patients and Families: Staff Liaison Coordination and Preparation Roles
  • Sharing Your Story: Tips for Patients and Families
  • Tips for How To Be An Effective Patient or Family Advisor: A Beginning List
  • Tips for Recruiting Patients and Families to Serve in Advisory Roles

Other Tools to Foster the Practice of Patient- and Family-Centered Care

  • Advancing the Practice of Patient- and Family-Centered Care: How to Get Started...
  • Are Families Considered Visitors in Our Hospital or Unit: A Checklist
  • How to Conduct a Walk-About
  • Magic Wand Exercise
  • Patient- and Family-Centered Care: What's in it for Me?
  • Patients and Families as Advisors in Primary Care: Broadening Our Vision
  • Sharing Personal and Professional Stories
  • Staff Liaison to Patient and Family Advisory Councils and Other Collaborative Endeavors
  • The Surgical Experience: Initial Questions to Ask
  • Wearing New Glasses

Tools to Assist in Designing Supportive Health Care Environments

  • Design Planning... Key Priorities
  • Patients and Families as Advisors in Design Planning

Policy for Reproducing IPFCC Documents

The Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care encourages sharing our materials, therefore authorization to reproduce materials (whole or in part) from our website for education purposes is granted. While permission is not necessary, we request that you indicate: "Reprinted with permission from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care: www.ipfcc.org."

If you plan to insert IPFCC material into your organization's documents or publications, we ask that you request permission at email: institute@ipfcc.org. Please include your contact information and a description of your proposed use.

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