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Support and distance training of health professionals on mental health and psychosocial support for migrants and refugees (EL)
Support and distance training of health professionals on mental health and psychosocial support for migrants and refugees (EN)
Raikou, Natassa
Konstantopoulou, Georgia
Iliou, Theodoros
Giossos, Yiannis
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2022-03-23
This study focuses on the education of health professionals involved with psychosocial support for refugees. In order for the support of vulnerable groups to be effective, it is important first of all to become conscious and process their personal assumptions in relation to their profession and in relation to others and their needs. Cultivating reflective skills for health professionals could positively enhance both the provision of their services and their personal and professional development. Using the example of an e-learning training program, an attempt is made to investigate how health professionals think according to their education, stereotypical perceptions and their relationship with the refugee patient. The participants in the program were 135 health professionals of various specialties (doctors, nurses and social workers) serving in the Prefecture of Achaia, with relevant experience in migrant structures. Out of these, 89 people completed the LAS questionnaire with adjustments, after the end of the programme in the period between February-July 2020. The findings of the research show that a distance learning programme has the potential to provide reflective opportunities and awareness of migrant issues, as long as it is properly organised in this direction. (EL)
This study focuses on the education of health professionals involved with psychosocial support for refugees. In order for the support of vulnerable groups to be effective, it is important first of all to become conscious and process their personal assumptions in relation to their profession and in relation to others and their needs. Cultivating reflective skills for health professionals could positively enhance both the provision of their services and their personal and professional development. Using the example of an e-learning training program, an attempt is made to investigate how health professionals think according to their education, stereotypical perceptions and their relationship with the refugee patient. The participants in the program were 135 health professionals of various specialties (doctors, nurses and social workers) serving in the Prefecture of Achaia, with relevant experience in migrant structures. Out of these, 89 people completed the LAS questionnaire with adjustments, after the end of the programme in the period between February-July 2020. The findings of the research show that a distance learning programme has the potential to provide reflective opportunities and awareness of migrant issues, as long as it is properly organised in this direction. (EN)
e-learning (EN)
mental health (EN)
psychosocial support for migrants and refugees (EN)
distance learning (EN)
Ανοικτή Εκπαίδευση: το περιοδικό για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση και την Εκπαιδευτική Τεχνολογία
English
Hellenic Network of Open and Distance Education (EL)
1791-9312
Ανοικτή Εκπαίδευση: το περιοδικό για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση και την Εκπαιδευτική Τεχνολογία; Τόμ. 18 Αρ. 1 (2022): Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology ; 203-215 (EL)
Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022): Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology ; 203-215 (EN)
Copyright (c) 2022 ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΠΟΛΥΜΕΡΟΣ ΗΛΙΟΥ, Georgia Konstantopoulou, Natassa Raikou, ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΓΚΙΟΣΟΣ (EN)
Greek Network of Open and Distance Education (EDAE)
Open Education: the journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology
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