Full course description
Behavioral Health Considerations for the Patient and Healthcare Worker
TERM OF APPROVAL
Release Date: December 4, 2019
Expiration date: December 3, 2022
The estimated time to complete this learning module is 45 minutes.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will provide strategies and information on the many aspects of behavioral health considerations for patients and staff. This includes strategies for mitigating the potentially harmful psychological effects of isolation on patients, their families, and the medical staff who care for them, and strategies to promote the psychological well-being and resilience of health care workers. Topics related to the psychological impact of treating infectious diseases and risk factors for emotional distress are also discussed.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams in a biocontainment unit environment. Additional medical staff and public health professionals may also find the course to be of benefit. Those individuals may include but are not limited to, medical and/or nursing staff, administration, education/training leadership, and infection control leadership. Staff specializing in communications, specialized clinical areas, laboratory, facilities management and environmental services are also welcome.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this enduring material, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify strategies for healthcare workers to support patients in isolation
- Define strategies for family support
- Discuss strategies for the care of the healthcare worker
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION
To complete this learning activity, you must:
- Review the Course Information
- View the Understanding and Preventing the Harmful Effects of Source Isolation video
- View the Behavioral Health Considerations for the Caregiver video
- Complete the Behavioral Health Considerations Quiz.
- Complete the NETEC Course Evaluation Complete the Statement of Completion Questionnaire
This learning activity will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.
PRESENTERS
David Cates, PhD
Director, Behavioral Health
Team Member, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
Nebraska Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Arthur Krasilovsky, LCSW, CEAP
Faculty Staff Assistance Program
Employee Staff Clinician
SCDU Team member
Emory University
Paula G. Gomes, Psy.D.
Executive Director and Psychologist
Faculty Staff Assistance Program (FSAP)
Consultant, Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU)
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University
PLANNING COMMITTEE
The following planning committee members have nothing to disclose:
Benjamin Mattson
Senior Instructional Designer
Information Technology Services
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jason Noble
Instructional Designer
Information Technology Services
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Karen McCarthy
Educational Analyst II
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
Emory University