Switch assemblies for multi-function surgical instruments and surgical instruments incorporating the same

A method, comprising:

• providing a first bipolar input adapted to connect to a bipolar source of energy, a second bipolar input adapted to connect to the bipolar source of energy, a first bipolar output coupled to a first bipolar energizable member, a second bipolar output coupled to a second bipolar energizable member, a monopolar input adapted to connect to a monopolar source of energy, and a monopolar output coupled to a monopolar energizable member, the monopolar energizable member including an insulative portion associated therewith;
• moving the monopolar energizable member towards a deployed position such that the insulative portion at least partially covers the first bipolar energizable member and the second bipolar energizable member and such that the monopolar energizable member extends from the first bipolar energizable member, the second bipolar energizable member, and the insulative portion, wherein moving the monopolar energizable member towards the deployed position decouples the first bipolar input and the second bipolar input from the first bipolar output and the second bipolar output, respectively, and couples the monopolar input to the monopolar output.