Stress First Aid for Healthcare Workers: A Peer Support Tool (90 minute session with pre-work)

March 18, 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

Defining the sources, signs, and symptoms of stress and stress injury for health professionals.

Mapping the signs of stress and stress injury onto the SFA stress continuum.

Listing the four sources of “orange zone” stress and cite examples of each. Stress First Aid Peer Support Model

Outlining the fundamentals of Continuous, Primary, and Secondary Aid.

Deciding when Stress First Aid techniques are needed and what methods to apply.

Explaining how Stress First Aid is a tool of peer support. Well-Being Health Promotions

Recognizing an array of intervention methods used to reduce stress reactions and promote resilience among individuals and groups.

Using positive psychology practices to solidify operating in the green zone. 

Analyzing the relationship between self and community care and Stress First Aid. Stress First Aid Application 

Establishing the signs and symptoms of a stress injury.

Defining each element of the Stress First Aid model (Primary, Secondary, and Continuous Aid) and connect to associated peer support actions. 

Applying Stress First Aid principles through case study application.

Identifying your community resources.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 4.50 ANCC
  • 4.50 Attendance
  • 4.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 4.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Registration Opens: 
03/18/2025
Registration Expires: 
03/17/2026
Activity Starts: 
03/18/2025 - 5:00pm EDT
Activity Ends: 
03/18/2025 - 6:30pm EDT
Rating: 
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Mitchell T. Heflin, M.D

Sean Convoy

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)

ANCC

JA Credit-AH

Attendance

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • 4.50 ANCC
  • 4.50 Attendance
  • 4.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 4.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
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