Learner Reviews & Feedback for Psychological First Aid by Johns Hopkins University
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ED
May 23, 2020
I am very happy and satisfied with the course program. In fact, I am excited to apply what I have learned and also looking forward to enroll in another course. Thank you for this learning opportunity!
SA
Aug 15, 2020
Found the course really informational and useful on both personal and professional levels. The techniques and skills were easily implementable and highly transferable to various real-life situations.
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By Aigerim K
鈥Aug 14, 2020
This course helped me to understand how to prevent crisis on situations where I tried to help others. Sometimes I tried to argue and persuade that only my point is right instead of listening and supporting. I'll practive all techniques in my everyday life and actually I already started. Thank you for this course!
By Chelsea J G
鈥Aug 10, 2020
I feel more confident about giving psychological first aid to anyone that might need it especially during this pandemic. It also greatly helped me become more aware of myself in the process. This is a very timely and relevant course to take in this pandemic, so I hope more people will get to learn more from this!
By Deleted A
鈥Jul 4, 2020
A very practical course that gives a humanistic overview of what to do in crisis situations. It can also be applied to general situations, when people close to you experience loss or some kind of traumatic experience. It is helpful to have this framework in mind, as a tool for better, empathic social interaction.
By Sanchez, C S
鈥Dec 16, 2020
I enjoyed watching the situational videos because I have learned a lot from it especially on how to apply RAPID model in any kind of the situations that were given. it also have helped us on where to focus when it comes to psychological first aid. thank you so much for this wonderful teachings and opportunities.
By K. N
鈥Dec 6, 2020
Though the course is mainly targeted at disaster relief workers, the useful techniques (such as reflective listening) taught here may come in handy at any emotionally challenging situation. This course is a must take for anybody who wishes to augment their emotional intelligence. My sincere thanks to Dr. Everly.
By Heidi W
鈥Dec 21, 2017
This was a great introduction to psychological first aid. I think I have a very good understanding of what it is and a basic knowledge of what needs to be done. I don't feel confident that I can adequately do what the course has taught, but I also dont have a natural skill in this area. I'll need more practice.
By Judith
鈥Dec 28, 2020
I recommend this course for anyone interested in supporting others through crises or traumatic events. Although I took this course for personal growth I do feel prepared to help people with this Psychological First Aid model. The instructor is knowledgeable, experienced, compassionate, and communicates clearly.
By Cassandre
鈥Oct 13, 2020
Le cours est accessible aux personnes qui n'ont aucune formation en psychologie/psychiatrie/psychoth茅rapie ou en sant茅 publique Le cours apporte des informations pr茅cises, concises et claires. La dur茅e du cours et des diff茅rents modules est id茅ale. Si vous maitrisez l'anglais, il sera facile de suivre ce cours.
By Sajjad H S
鈥Jun 1, 2020
This is the first course I have completed on COURSERA. I am generally interested in the subject and registered out of curiosity, However, i watched the first video and George is so engaging and explained things in such calm manner that I couldn't wait to complete. I would love to do another course with George.
By Sakshi C
鈥May 14, 2020
This course has been very helpful in not only knowing how to deal with certain shock inducing situations but also in being better at listening and conversing in everyday lives. I have found myself applying the lessons learnt in this course in my general conversations as well. The course is concise and helpful.
By gomackay
鈥Aug 17, 2018
So refreshing to find a practical compassionate approach based on solid scientific evidence that performs better in promoting resilience than other long term dependence-generating approaches.
Assoc Prf George Everly Jr is an inspiration to me and taught me as much about his approach watching as well as hearing!
By Julio A A R
鈥Dec 25, 2020
After taking this course, I have no idea about how to apply an effective Active listening for First aids also how to care myself after provide pshychological support. However, this course provides the tools about how to handle since the beginning a inconvenience or disaster that could reassure those affected.
By Kipkem H
鈥Jun 16, 2020
Glad to see from research and those with experience in the field that many times, the right word or presence at the right time can help a lot more than a "grand plan" later down the road. Excellent course for every one. Would be interesting how we could all apply this to the disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Heloisa C F V
鈥Jun 7, 2018
Great course! Simple and clear explanations and examples. Personally, the simmulation videos helped me a lot! It was one of the things I liked most: being able to have a glimpse beyond theory. I think it is important to show examples as close to reality as possible, specially in a subject as practical as PFA.
By Jodeine W
鈥Jun 6, 2023
This course was really well put together. I especially liked the inclusion of examples of bad practice (ie how not to do something!) as well as helpful material showing good practice. It connected research, theory, and practice together in a way that I found beneficial. Many thanks to the Johns Hopkins team!
By Trisha V
鈥May 27, 2020
This course really helped me to know and understand the different methods in which one can help a person in any sort of crisis. being a psychology student this course was a new side of how to deal with a person who is acutely distressed. It was a really helpful course and i really enjoyed being a part of it.
By Keisha a
鈥Apr 2, 2020
the simulations were excellent, the emotions were very well portrayed. I believe this course can help not only those dealing with the public but anyone that has a family or friend that may be battling an illness. This will help you gain a different protective and better understanding on how help others cope.
By Fatma A
鈥Jan 15, 2021
I loved the course so much! I would love to take more courses in this topic. I appreciated the SO MANY examples and creative simulations and how everything was explained and portrayed in the lectures. Something I'd recommend is adding more reading assignments as I'm interested to read more about this topic!
By Brenda M B
鈥May 10, 2020
This course is very informative. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to self improve especially during this pandemic. As the world maneuvers through the fall out of COVID-19 the need for PFA will be needed starting from the individual self to family and extending toward the greater community.
By Angelly E U L
鈥Aug 24, 2020
Me gust贸 mucho la forma de explicar tan detalladamente cada uno de los pasos que hay que seguir para los primeros auxilios psicol贸gicos, la calma, paciencia y sobre todo el cari帽o con el que quer铆a que aprendi茅ramos, muchas gracias por brindarnos parte de sus conocimientos para poder hacer una buena labor.
By Folashade A
鈥May 13, 2020
I learnt so much in this course. As someone who loves to help people in disaster and traumatic situations, and having little experience this course is all I need to know the basics of how to fuel my intervention passion. It worth every bit of my time and I am more enlightened! I am glad I took this course.
By Nima A
鈥May 7, 2020
If like me, you have no background in this field then this course is for you! It introduces the basics in an understandable way with the help of several simulation videos. Also, you may find this short course useful in your daily life in case some sort of a traumatic event happens to a loved one of yours.
By Anna Z
鈥Apr 9, 2017
This was my first organized class post B.A. and I found it to be a great class that was well organized with a knowledgeable instructor and would recommend it to others. I have dyslexia and ADD PI so these characteristics are important to me and I would be eager to take more classes from George. Thank you.
By Genevieve S
鈥Oct 17, 2022
The course contains incredibly valuable information delivered in a clear and accessible way. Dr. Everly's approach was very helpful in my learning process, and stems from many years of experience in the field. There are also practical examples on what to do and what not to do in each step of the process.
By Ursula C
鈥Jun 11, 2020
It is a very valuable curse. It shows the general abilities a person should have to help through a disaster. It is not intended to specialize as therapist or psychologist, it is a very useful training for making a person who is going through a moment of disaster feel better or making an assertive referal.