Appendix E. Meeting Ground Rules

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To set the tone for the meetings and ensure all participants are comfortable, the meeting planner creates ground rules for patient advisory council meetings.

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Sample ground rules for patient advisory council meetings include:

• Meetings will start and end on time.
• Everyone participates. Every member's opinion is valuable.
• Maintain confidentiality at the meeting and outside the meeting.
• Avoid sidebar conversations.
• Focus on the meeting. Avoid nonemergency interruptions.
• Voice your concerns at the meeting.
• Decisions will be criteria-based, and the council will strive for consensus.
• All members will support the decisions outside the meeting.
• All assignments will be completed on time.
• Members will think of the big picture.

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