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Study NCT ID: NCT02552264
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2019-02-01
First Post: 2015-09-15

Brief Title: Testing a Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers
Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority
Organization: Nova Scotia Health Authority

Study Overview

Official Title: Implementing and Evaluating an Empirically Supported Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The Behaviour Change Institute BCI was created in 2008 within Capital Health to provide healthcare providers with evidence-based skills in helping patients change In addition the BCI has also become a resource within the organization to assist with other needed changes such as helping healthcare providers use new or different procedures to provide better patient care Through our work at the BCI we have identified the need to help healthcare providers to better cope with change The purpose of this project is to implement and to evaluate an evidence-based professional resiliency training program for staff to help them better cope with change This professional resiliency training program is based on an empirically supported form of therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy The training takes the form of a hands-on applied workshop designed to increase resiliency and flexibility in a workplace setting
Detailed Description: The Behaviour Change Institute BCI was created in 2008 within Capital Health to provide healthcare providers with behaviour change counselling skills These skills are backed by evidence-based theory and competency training methods and are designed to be used by healthcare providers to help their patients change their behaviours Acquiring these skills involves change for the healthcare provider Through our work at the BCI we have come to identify the need to help healthcare providers effectively manage their emotions in such situations in order to learn behavior change counselling skills and to continue to use them effectively over time The ability to effectively manage emotions including discomfort and distress may differentiate between individuals who are able to successfully adopt and maintain new behaviours over time from those who do not Brown Lejuez Kahler Strong Zvolensky 2005 That is we have identified that there is a significant need to support healthcare providers to more effectively manage emotions in order to help them change

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace program ACT-W is an evidence-based program designed to help individuals manage emotions and stress by learning skills to accept negative feelings thoughts and sensations and to move toward valued behaviours Flaxman Bond Livheim Hayes 2013 The ACT-W program has been shown to increase the ability to manage emotions and stress Flaxman Bond 2010 and to increase the ability to learn new behaviours Bond Flaxman 2006 Luoma et al 2007 Varra Hayes et al 2008

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the implementation of the ACT-W training program for healthcare providers through the BCI

Study Oversight

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