Managing High-Stress Situations

Designed for:

Learners working within the healthcare sector

Course outline:

• Consider what stress is, and the difference between stress, anxiety and depression.
• Explore how people respond to stress and identify your stress and resilience levels.
• Investigate techniques for managing stress.
• Demonstrate an understanding of your own stress and resilience levels and relevant stress management strategies in discussion with a peer assessor.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of this course, you will be able to identify relevant stress management resources and strategies to assist you in your work role.

Learning experience:

• Identify strategies to manage a response to high-stress situations in a challenging workplace, resulting in better personal, professional, and patient outcomes.
• Consider how you respond to stress and what your current stress and resilience levels are
• Investigate how our brains work through examining neuroplasticity and explore techniques for managing stress – on current learning journey – may change
• Identify your stress and resilience levels and relevant stress management strategies in discussion with your Peer Assessor