从2028届开始, matriculating students at 365英国上市官网威廉博蒙特医学院 will receive special training during orientation that is specific to suicide awareness.

叫safeTALK, the four-hour training is designed to equip people to be more alert to someone thinking of suicide and better able to connect them with further help. Officials said it will help the future physicians when working with patients — and each other.

Training will be delivered by members of the spiritual care team at 威廉博蒙特大学附属医院 in Royal Oak.

SafeTALK training sessions have been held at OUWB previously, 但强制进行培训是一项新举措, 伯克利·布朗说, Ph.D.他是负责学生事务的副院长.

作为有抱负的医生, it’s important for our students to get exposure to having what can be a really uncomfortable conversation early on,”她说。.

“Not only for their future patients but for themselves and each other as a class community.”

SafeTALK is a special training program created by Calgary-based LivingWorks.

根据其网站, safeTALK helps trainees “learn how to reach out to someone thinking about suicide and help them keep safe by promptly connecting them to further support.”

培训课程包括演讲, 促进讨论, and skills practice; videos that illustrate what happens when signs of suicide are overlooked, and how trainees can contribute to safe outcomes when these signs are heard and addressed; opportunities to further explore organizational applications of the training, 和更多的. (Sessions always include a second trainer, too, in case trainees need additional support.)

“One thing we’ve learned from doing these sessions is that suicide has touched everyone’s life in some way, 形状, 或形式,布丽奇特·西奥多罗夫说, 他是Corewell健康的牧师和联合培训师, safeTALK.

“Having these workshops expands the toolkits that health care providers have and that’s important because we’re not only people who are at work or school, 但是要住在社区里,”她说。. “Having a broader set of skills can help build safer communities.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021, 在美国，每11分钟就有一人自杀.S.

Yet some believe that medical schools haven’t done enough to prepare students on the topic.

1月份的专栏 华盛顿邮报 引起了最近对这个问题的关注.

“医疗 students often ill-equipped to help suicidal patients” was written by a trio of faculty from Florida International University.

“因为自杀是一种耻辱, medical schools do not equip up-and-coming doctors with the language, comfort and skills needed to recognize it and properly address it with their patients,作者写道。.

但据Ven说，OUWB正在做一些事情. 凯文·希, 精神护理经理, 威廉博蒙特大学附属医院, 和经理, 临床伦理, Corewell健康 East.

第一个, 他说, the topic of suicide is incorporated into the school’s 医疗 Humanities and Clinical Bioethics (MHCB) curriculum. It’s also a part of the school’s Promoting Reflection and Individual Growth through Support and Mentoring (棱镜) longitudinal course.

然而, 对外开放大学的官员和学生们希望走得更远, 说希, 这就是safeTALK发挥作用的地方.

根据希基、布朗和安·沃里斯-萨金特博士的说法.D., 导演, 医学教育卓越中心, caught wind of the safeTALK training his team was doing for health care providers at Corewell in Royal Oak.

这与Riya Chhabra提出的想法不谋而合, M3上升, and a member of the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives. The idea was to offer mental health training in the same way medical students practice CPR or first aid.

与希基合作, 布朗, Voorheis-Sargent, and Chhabra developed a plan to offer OUWB medical students voluntary safeTALK training sessions.

OUWB medical students showed up — and the program has proven effective.

Chhabra, 布朗, Shivapriya Chandu, 平方米上升, 还有克里斯汀·萨斯菲尔德, M4上升, co-authored a research poster called “Integration of Mental Health 第一个 援助 Training into the Preclinical 课程.” (The poster was presented at the AAMC Group on Student Affairs Conference in April.)

“Our data showed that 100% of students saw an increase in their preparedness of identifying and handling a mental health crisis after they attended the safeTALK training at OUWB,作者写道。.

随着项目的早期成功, the decision was made to create a way for every OUWB student to receive training.

“Going forward, every incoming class will have this as part of their mandatory curriculum,布朗说.

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“The support for this program has been amazing,” said Chhabra. “Every time we’ve brought forth an idea, OUWB administration has been open and receptive. They’ve been doing their best to make it work and fit it into orientation. 我们非常感激，我感到非常支持.”

希基也有类似的感受.

“我们非常激动，欣喜若狂，”他说. “OUWB administration and leadership are really attuned to and invested in the well-being and health of the OUWB community, 这太棒了.”

“I don’t know of any other medical school that currently has this training as part of their orientation curriculum,他补充道.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please call or text 988 为保密，免费支持.

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