Table 8 The STORM training package
From: Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region
| There are four modules: | • Assessment |
| • Crisis management | |
| • Problem-solving | |
| • Crisis prevention | |
| Each module is flexible, and if necessary can be delivered in 2 hours | |
| Educational methods used in each training session: | 1. Brief lectures on background knowledge and the skills to be acquired and rehearsed |
| 2. Focused group discussion | |
| 3. Video demonstration of skills by health care professionals | |
| 4. Role-play (rehearsal of skills) in trios (professional-client-observer) and pairs (professional-client) using pre-prepared role-play scripts to facilitate the practice of specific microskills | |
| 5. Video-feedback in small group setting of recorded role-played interviews carried out by course participants | |
| 6. Discussion to consolidate learning; specifically the translation of skills learned into practice | |
| The material can be modified in content for: | • Primary care teams |
| • Mental health care staff | |
| • Accident and emergency staff |