Stress First Aid 90 minute with Pre-work (November 21)

November 21, 2025

This hybrid course allows participants to complete the first 2 Blocks of Stress First Aid initial training virtually through Coursera and then attend the 90 minute live session for completion of the course. Registration for the course is through the Qualtrics Platform and is also linked through Duke University School of Nursing's Student Success Center website: https://nursing.duke.edu/student-resources/student-success-center/stress-first-aid-program The direct link for the Coursera portion with Duke Community access is: https://www.coursera.org/programs/duke-university-on-coursera-obsio/learn/stress-first-aid-healthcare?authProvider=duke&source=search, and the link to register for the completion of the live 90 minute session is: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5cI1WxFUHE1OJX8. There is no cost to take the course for Duke community members to registering with their Duke email account through 2025. North Carolina Central University community members have no-cost access to another iteration of this Coursera course https://coursera.org/groups/stress-first-aid-healthcare-lac45/invitation, and there is no cost to register for the completion with the 90 minute hybrid Stress First Aid course. Stress First Aid (SFA) is a peer support toolkit designed to preserve life, prevent further harm, and promote recovery. Stress First Aid offers a flexible menu of options for recognizing and addressing stress reactions. It can be used for self-care, to help co-workers with stress reactions, or to help someone seek other types of support. Stress First Aid is a framework of practical actions that can help reduce the likelihood that stress reactions will develop into more severe or long-term problems. Ideally everyone in an organization would learn the vocabulary and basics of Stress First Aid, to share a language and understanding of stress and stress injury. When everyone in an organization is trained in SFA, support could occur wherever and whenever it’s needed. Frequency: The 90 minute Stress First Aid Course with pre-work requirement will be offered once each semester through 2026. The course materials are broken into 4 one-week blocks and participants can complete the first two modules via Coursera and then register for the 90 minute hybrid course through Qualtrics. This project was developed in conjunction with Duke Learning Innovations and Lifetime Education with the Duke School of Nursing and a HRSA 109 cooperative agreement grant with the expectation that learners will be actively using the course throughout 2025. After the grant period concludes, the Coursera training will serve as an enduring resource for the Duke University Community with the option to complete using the 90 minute live Stress First Aid to complete.

Target Audience

Medical Students

Nurses

Nurse Practitioners

Physicians

Physician Assistants

Pharmacists

Speech Pathologists

Learning Objectives

Discussing how peer support informs Stress First Aid application.

Using the stress continuum to operationalize Stress First Aid assessment and intervention. Interrelate the stress continuum and the 4 sources of orange zone to the Stress First Aid model.

Recognizing science and theoretical frameworks to conceptualize stress, stress appraisal, and stress injury.

Discussing the application of resilience science in relation to occupational stress.

Identifying caregiver self-assessment and signs of caregiver burnout.

Evaluating and practicing various methods of cultivating wellbeing, mental health promotion and mental illness prevention methods used to improve occupational stress among individuals and groups.

Outlining the fundamentals of continuous aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model.

Outlining the fundamentals of primary aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model.

Outlining the fundamentals of secondary aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model.

Applying stress first aid peer support strategies through case study application

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 3.50 ANCC
  • 3.50 Attendance
  • 0.35 IACET CEU
  • 3.50 JA Credit - AH
Registration Opens: 
11/21/2025
Registration Expires: 
11/20/2026
Activity Starts: 
11/21/2025 - 5:00pm EST
Activity Ends: 
11/21/2025 - 6:30pm EST
Rating: 
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Mitchell Heflin, M.D.

Sean Convoy

 

 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)

ANCC

IACET CEU

JA Credit - AH

Available Credit

  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 3.50 ANCC
  • 3.50 Attendance
  • 0.35 IACET CEU
  • 3.50 JA Credit - AH
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