Table 1:

Topics Addressed In Each Peer Coaching Session

Session 1	Beginning your Peer Coaching Partnership
	Introduction
	Role of a peer coach
	Group activity- getting to know one another
	Group discussions
	Being a peer coach-benefits and concerns
	What kind of support would you have liked when you were first diagnosed?
	Role playing exercises
	Visualization and relaxation exercise (Mountain Meditation*)
Session 2	Talking about Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Peer Coaching process
	Group discussion
	Review of peer coaching tools
	Meet the clinic doctors and nurses
	Peer coaching procedures
	How to structure your phone encounter
	Responding to certain situations with your partner
	Resources for patients
	Closing