Lightning Talk

Stress First Aid for Healthcare Workers: Implementation of a Peer-to-peer Support Training Program to Reduce Stress and Burnout Among the Current and Future Health Professions Workforce

Monday, September 18, 2023, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT

Mitchell Heflin, MD, MHS

Duke Health

Sean Convoy, DNP, PMHNP-BC

North Carolina Central University

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Track:

The Classroom and Beyond: Preparing Students for Collaborative Practice

Attendee IPE Experience Track: Some experience with IPE

Keyword: Well-being

Lightning Talk Live Discussion Recording

Lightning Talk Description: In collaboration with the Duke University School of Nursing Student Success Center, the Duke Health Interprofessional Education and Care Center, and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), we implemented a positive psychology-informed Stress First Aid (SFA) training program for health professions students, faculty and staff at Duke and NCCU. This program aims to address stress and burnout present throughout the healthcare workforce.

SFA is a pre-clinical, peer-to-peer support training tool that teaches participants to assess and respond to suspected psychological injuries in colleagues, classmates, and themselves with the goals of preserving life, preventing further harm, and promoting recovery. SFA is an indicated mental illness prevention measure published by the National Center for PTSD (Watson, et al., 2011; Westphal, 2020)

Over the last year, our team has facilitated SFA training for 451 faculty, staff, and students at Duke and NCCU. In addition to the training, the SFA Implementation team recruited faculty, students, and staff as champions to provide recommendations on improving the training. During the first year of dissemination and through our champions, we learned that participants wanted additional practice applying SFA principles and more options for virtual participation for distance-based learners. In response, we created virtual, application based Booster sessions for small groups and interprofessional learning. These sessions provide practice opportunities, and we are in the process of creating shorter, asynchronous training options to meet the needs of distance-based students.

In our presentation, we will discuss how we implemented SFA training for a broad range of health professionals and students and the strategies we are currently using to increase engagement and enhance effectiveness of our training program.

Accreditation Details

In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (National Center OICPD). The National Center OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.

The National Center OICPD (JA#: 4008105) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs).

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Text reads "Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development" and shown are logos for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education,
the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.

Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.

Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.

Athletic Trainers: This program is eligible for Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.

IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Learners can claim CE credit by completing the Daily Evaluation.