Friday, April 22, 2011

Free Course > Understanding Compassion Fatigue

University of Sourthern Florida -Read more
Course Aim:
To help public health workers, and other professionals on the front lines of bioterrorism defense, combat the potential adverse psychological effects of performing their functional roles and professional responsibilities in bioterrorism preparedness, response and recovery.

Course Goals:
1.To promote and protect the health and safety of bioterrorism front line responders
by assuring that they are aware of the potentially damaging psychological
 effects of performing their functional roles in emergency preparedness 
and bioterrorism response and recovery;
2.To limit the psychological distress and negative health behaviors in 
bioterrorism front line responders by helping them to combat these occupational 
stressors through developing skills for compassion fatigue prevention and resiliency.
3.To sustain the capacity of those who must continue to perform their professional 
roles in bioterrorism response and recovery, following a terrorism event, 
for the purpose of promoting an effective public health response.

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