Sadly, we regularly hear health workers normalising traumatic experiences as a normal part of living and working in rural or remote environments. This normalisation invalidates the experience, can be an unhealthy coping strategy and can negatively impact the healing journey.

This course has been designed by mental health professionals with remote experience to enable health workers to improve their understanding of what they are experiencing and to recognise strategies to better support themselves, others and their workplaces through these events.

Remote health professionals wanting to better support themselves, others and their workpalces through tramatic events.

1. Identify trauma and common responses
2. Discover ways to support themselves and others
3. Learn what workplaces can do to support their employees
4. Know when and where to seek additional support.