Improving Healthcare Worker Resilience and Well-Being During COVID-19 Using a Self-Directed E-Learning Intervention
Frances Kelly1, Margot Uys1, Dana Bezuidenhout1
1Foundation for Professional Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
A new e-learning course significantly improved healthcare workers' knowledge, resilience, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training encouraged resilience-building behaviors, positively impacting both resilience and overall well-being.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Public Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Healthcare workers faced unprecedented mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including burnout, depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
- Global reports highlighted the critical need for interventions to support healthcare worker well-being and resilience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate an e-learning course developed by the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) aimed at enhancing healthcare worker well-being and resilience.
- To assess the impact of the course on knowledge, confidence, resilience-building behaviors, resilience, and well-being.
- To explore associations between behaviors, resilience, and well-being among participants.
Main Methods:
- A self-paced, asynchronous e-learning course with practical, skill-building activities was implemented.
- An outcome evaluation utilized pre- and post-course questionnaires to measure knowledge, confidence, resilience-building behaviors, resilience (CD-RISC), and well-being (WHO-5).
- Statistical analysis included paired t-tests and univariate/multivariate linear regression models in STATA.
Main Results:
- Participants (n=474) showed significant improvements in knowledge, confidence, resilience-building behaviors, resilience, and well-being scores.
- Increased frequency of resilience-building behaviors correlated with significant improvements in resilience and well-being.
- Well-being and resilience scores demonstrated a positive, bidirectional association.
Conclusions:
- The e-learning course effectively enhanced healthcare worker knowledge and skills, promoting resilience-building behaviors and improving resilience and well-being.
- E-learning interventions can yield outcomes beyond competency, positively impacting psychological well-being.
- Further research is recommended to fully understand the complex relationships between e-learning, behavioral changes, resilience, and well-being.
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