Training of Roma Health Mediators in Reproductive Health

Give the groups 10 minutes to conduct their role plays
Stop the role plays and give the groups 2 minutes to share feedback within their groups
(beginning with the mediator, followed by the woman and then the observer).
Participants use the flip chart/participant document Role Play Discussion Questions as
the basis for giving feedback
Discuss in the large group participants’ observations, what they learned from applying
communication skills in the role play, and any observations they have about how best to
conduct similar discussions in their communities (8 minutes).
Ask participants:
‣ What problems did you encounter in initiating discussions of reproductive health in
these situations?
‣ How useful did you find the role plays in practicing your skills?
Series 2. Ask participants to change groups. To do this most efficiently, ask everyone who
was the mediator in the last role play to get up and join another group. Then ask everyone
who was a woman from the community in the last role play to get up and join another group
(a group with participants she has not yet worked with).
Note: The same role play situation should be given to all groups as in the first series of role
plays, so that the large group discussion following each role play can focus on common
issues.
Note: In order to make the classroom practice as real as possible in these situations, the
mediator should not know anything about the role play case in advance.
Note: During the role plays, trainers should move around the room and observe the groups:
• Taking note of particular skills of “mediators”, and problems they encounter, to be
raised in the large group discussion following the role plays
• Ensuring that all groups are actively engaged in the role plays
In each group, there is a mediator, a woman from the community and an observer. First
role play. Give a prepared role play case to the woman who reads it (silently to herself)
to prepare her role.
Give the groups 10 minutes to conduct their role plays.
Stop the role plays and give the groups 2 minutes to share feedback within their groups
(beginning with the mediator, followed by the woman and then the observer).
Participants use the flip chart/participant document Role Play Discussion Questions as
the basis for giving feedback
Discuss in the large group participants’ observations, what they learned from applying
communication skills in the role play, and any observations they have about how best to
apply these skills in their communities (8 minutes).
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RFHI/JSI Romania Training of RHMs in Reproductive Health Session 14: Interpersonal Communication