e-learning MHFA Course
The 12-hour face-to-face course in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) has been adapted into an interactive e-learning CD-ROM. This is particularly useful to people who are unable to attend the face-to-face training course.
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Is a MHFA Certificate available on completion?
Evaluation of e-learning CD-ROM
What does the CD teach?
The MHFA e-learning CD teachers members of the public skills:
- to recognise the early signs of mental illness
- to provide initial help to adults developing a mental disorder or in a mental health crisis situation.
What does the CD include?
- An overview of MHFA
- Detailed MHFA action plans which cover:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- psychosis
- substance use disorders
- Mental health problems in Australia
- 25 question knowledge quiz (at the start and completion of the CD) to gauge skills learnt
- Videos depicting real stories of:
- anxiety disorder
- depression
- bipolar disorder
- schizophrenia
- Interactive exercises, case studies and tests
- References and links to resources online such as beyondblue and MoodGYM
Click here to view the MHFA_e-learning_brochure.pdf Note: At the time of this brochure Licencing agreements were not available. However, intranet use can be arranged with The University of Melbourne, Marketing & Business Development Curriculum Licensing. To send your request for more information please click here.
Is a MHFA Certificate available on completion?
The CD can be done on its own. However, to obtain a MHFA certificate, attendance is required to a 3.5-hour face-to-face course. This will practice the skills taught in the e-learning CD.
MHFA Instructors will provide the half-day training course, which will begin with an exam based on the CD’s content. Participants must pass this exam in order to qualify for a MHFA Certificate. Please note that this 3.5-hour course is only available to people who have completed the e-learning MHFA CD.
The MHFA Training and Research Program at ORYGEN Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, does not employ the MHFA Instructors. It trains and accredits and therefore each MHFA Instructor has autonomy and flexibility to set their own fees.
How can I order the CD?
- People who wish to obtain a MHFA Certificate will need to contact one of the Instructors accredited to deliver the Edition 1 Standard MHFA
course
listed on the MHFA website
http://www.mhfa.com.au/instructor_list.php, who will sell them an
individual CD and book them into the 3.5-hour face-to-face course. - People who wish to use the CD but do not want a MHFA Certificate can order directly from the MHFA Shop. This is for single use only.
- Licencing agreements for intranet use can be arranged with The University of Melbourne, Marketing & Business Development Curriculum Licensing. To send your request for more information please click here.
QUANTITY COST per CD 1 copy $140 Discount for bulk orders 10 copies or more $135 100 copies or more $130 500 copies or more $120
Evaluation of e-learning CD-ROM
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, has received a grant from an Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (www.arhrf.org.au) to conduct an Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid Educational Materials - a Randomized Controlled Trial. Click here to see the summary of main findings!
For further information, please contact:
Julie-Anne Fischer
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
The University of Melbourne
Locked Bag 10
Parkville VIC 3052
email: jfischer@unimelb.edu.au
tel: 03 9342 3767 or
mobile: 0401 772 648
Last updated: 09-Jul-2010