Family Advisors

Identify and engage a family advisor(s) and include their perspective in your practice improvements. It is recommended that you compensate family advisors for their time. Learn more about recommendations on how to recruit family advisors and customize job descriptions on the STAR Center Engaging Family Advisors.

Watch and learn from these webinars:

• Family Perspective Webinar from AAP California-1 Chapter
• Family Perspective Slides
• Fostering Welcoming Environment
• AAP Introduction to FESAT Tool for Discussion with Family Advisors

Other resources:

• Family Advisor Guide
• Family Advisor Sample Tasks and Job Descriptions
• Family Advisor video
• AMA and Johns Hopkins Family Advisor Recruitment Toolkit
• Family Engagement in Systems Assessment Tool (FESAT) Note: must complete a pop up with your email to access so they can report to their funder who is using the tool. To be used as a discussion and planning guide.
• National Center Medical Home Implementation. Video: Changing Relationships How to Foster Effective Communication with Patients and Families