
Workshop delivery mode may be face-to-face or online classroom as determined by your local trainer.
Delivery Mode | Duration | Hours of active learning | Cost |
Blended | 2 hours (eLearning) + 2-3 hrs (face-to-face or online) workshop |
4:30 |
Nil (internally funded, applicable to Queensland Health only) |
- Editing Trainer: Catherine Hangan
- Editing Trainer: Lori Leach
QC2: EARS has been designed to develop core clinical competencies and practices that align with the training element of the Zero Suicide framework and is currently being rolled out across Zero Suicide sites across Queensland.
Designed in collaboration with the Gold Coast Hospital and Health service, EARS explores suicide risk and represents a philosophical shift in the treatment of suicidality within Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs services. This includes a shift away from a focus on prediction, towards a framework for prevention, and a shift away from clinician orientated treatment of illness, towards a collaborative process of engagement and care planning that conceptualises suicide as a behaviour that requires specific targeted intervention.
EARS presents a number of conceptual models for understanding suicidal behaviours that can be applied to individuals across the lifespan.
The blended learning course comprises of two components - beginning with eLearning modules (part 1), and concluding with a full day face-to-face workshop (part 2).
QC2 EARS is aimed at both new clinicians commencing clinical practice and experienced practitioners seeking to update and consolidate their practice framework with contemporary understanding of supporting suicidal people.
Delivery Mode | Duration | Hours of active learning | Cost |
Blended |
1 full day + 2 hours eLearning | 8:30 |
$250 per person Queensland Health/Queensland Ambulance Service - Nil (internally funded) |
More information about this course is available in the handout: QC2 Engage, Assess, Respond to, and Support Suicidal People - Course handout
- Editing Trainer: Simone Bell
- Editing Trainer: Laura Chandler
- Editing Trainer: Irene Francisco
- Editing Trainer: Lori Leach
- Editing Trainer: Mandie Nicoll
- Editing Trainer: Katherine Roos
- Editing Trainer: Melissa Uptin
- Editing Trainer: Deb Whittington
This course is designed for Educators delivering or planning to deliver QC61 SRAM-ED workshops in local HHS services. Participants of the Train-the-trainer course must be committed to delivering a prescribed number of sessions determined by local staffing needs and provide documented evidence of these in reports to the primary stakeholder.
An Expression of Interest addressing selection criteria must be submitted in order to be considered for this course (see below). Alternatively Contact sramed@health.qld.gov.au for more information.
Delivery Mode | Duration | Hours of active learning | Cost |
Blended | 2 hours eLearning + 1 day |
9:00 | Nil (internally funded, applicable to Queensland Health only) |
More information about the course content, including the full list of learning outcomes, are available in the handout: QC25 Suicide Risk Assessment and Management in an Emergency Department Setting (SRAM-ED) - Train-the-trainer - Course handout
Expression of Interest
To be considered for this train-the-trainer you must be able to:
- Demonstrate some experience and knowledge in education or workshop facilitation.
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge in mental health and suicide prevention skills, and be willing to utilise trauma-informed principles within ongoing workshop deliveries.
- You must be committed to and supported by your HHS to delivering a prescribed number of sessions determined by local staffing needs and provide documented evidence of these in reports to the Learning Centre.
- Submit your expression of interest addressing selection criteria.
You will be notified when your submission is approved.
- Editing Trainer: Simone Bell
- Editing Trainer: Laura Chandler
- Editing Trainer: Irene Francisco
- Editing Trainer: Catherine Hangan
- Editing Trainer: Lori Leach
- Editing Trainer: Melissa Micalizzi
- Editing Trainer: Katherine Roos