The Professional Peer Resilience Initiative (PPRI) study is an observational study aimed at understanding how symptoms of traumatic stress and resilience evolve over time in the University of Minnesota (UMN) healthcare workforce during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The study is being conducted concurrently with a UMN peer support program called the MinnRAP program and will remotely administer quality of life and mental health surveys to healthcare workers before they start the MinnRAP program and throughout their participation in the program.
Behavioral: MinnRAP Peer Support Program
The behavioral intervention consists of 1) pairing healthcare workers into "Battle Buddies" who maintain daily dialogue to detect stress and anxiety and 2) assigning a mental health consultant to each department to facilitate Battle Buddies and provide both small group sessions and individual psychological triage/referrals.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthcare workers (HCWs) and mental health consultants (MHCs) in UMN medical school
departments
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Cristina S Albott, MD, Principal Investigator
University of Minnesota