Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Charlotte , NC , USA.
School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2019;34(7):628-636. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2019.1635950. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
Suicide prevention training for health professions students is lacking, often occurring in disciplinary silos. The present study reports outcomes from an interprofessional education (IPE)-based suicide prevention course for health professions students across a variety of disciplines (e.g., social work, counseling, public health). Using a quasi-experimental design, students either took part in a fully online or blended version of the course. Primary outcomes included: (1) significant moderate-to-large positive gains in suicide prevention knowledge, perceived clinical care skills, and perceived ability to help self-harming patients; (2) moderate positive shifts in sensitivity to risk factors of those who died by suicide; (3) non-significant impacts on IPE-related outcomes; (4) overall high course satisfaction; and (5) students in the blended course preferred several interactive methods more than students in the online course version (large effects). Recommendations are provided for course revision and future implementation in educational and community-based settings.
预防自杀培训在卫生专业学生中较为缺乏，且通常发生在学科壁垒中。本研究报告了一项跨学科教育（IPE）为基础的预防自杀课程的成果，该课程面向各种学科的卫生专业学生（例如，社会工作、咨询、公共卫生）。采用准实验设计，学生参与了完全在线或混合版本的课程。主要结果包括：（1）在预防自杀知识、临床护理技能和帮助自残患者的能力方面有显著的、中等至较大的积极提高；（2）对自杀身亡者的风险因素的敏感性有适度的积极转变；（3）对 IPE 相关结果没有显著影响；（4）整体课程满意度高；（5）混合课程的学生比在线课程版本的学生更喜欢几种互动方法（大效应）。为课程修订和未来在教育和社区环境中的实施提供了建议。
