Online Mood Assessment Post Stroke Training Program

In this study, a research partnership with the Stroke Foundation was formed to develop and evaluate the online “Mood Assessment Post-Stroke (MAPS)” training program via the Stroke Foundation’s “Inform me” website (a free professional development site for stroke clinicians.The one and a half hour (self-paced) training works through offering participants didactic online lectures explaining the rationale behind screening, instructions on how to screen and respond to various screening results, and how to provide short term care strategies to patients. Within these modules participants will also be shown role play videos modelling how to conduct screening, and will have the opportunity to consolidate their learnings by answering case scenario questions around the process of screening. Participants can then use this training to implement their own routine screening practices within their workplace if they choose. Objectives of this study include: To evaluate the online “Mood Assessment Post-Stroke (MAPS)” training program through: a) Assessing mood screening knowledge and skills via a pre and post training quiz and a consolidation exercise. b) Validating the Mood Screening Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (MSEQ) c) Assessing changes in with a screening self-efficacy questionnaire pre and post training. d) Evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of the training through qualitative feedback. e) Obtaining self-report feedback on whether routine mood screening has been implemented by participants post-training. Adherence will be monitored through the engagement multiple choice questions asked throughout the training.