Abstract

Telephone crisis services have an increasing role in suicide prevention yet existing interventions have not empowered crisis supporters with adequate education targeting the needs of older people in crisis. An existing educational intervention was adapted for crisis supporters through collaboration between a crisis support service, clinician researchers, and an eLearning technology company. Empowering crisis supporters, through improving knowledge and highlighting their strengths and expertise, was emphasized. The adaptive learning technology featured a pretest, middle learning module (educational content), and post-test individualized to the participant’s incorrect pretest answers. The online training tool on suicidal behaviors in late-life combined clinician researcher expertise and evidence, insights from crisis supporters, and adaptive learning technology to create a purpose-built educational tool addressing an unmet need.

摘要

电话危机服务在预防自杀方面发挥着越来越大的作用，但现有的干预措施并未赋予危机支持者以针对处于危机中的老年人需求的充分教育的能力。通过危机支持服务、临床医生研究人员和电子学习技术公司之间的合作，现有的教育干预适用于危机支持者。强调通过提高知识和突出他们的优势和专长来增强危机支持者的能力。自适应学习技术具有前测、中间学习模块（教育内容）和针对参与者不正确的前测答案进行个性化的后测。晚年自杀行为在线培训工具结合了临床医生研究人员的专业知识和证据、危机支持者的见解、