The course that aims to equip workers with ways to regulate stress.
The Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape has launched a short course that aims to equip workers with waysThe course takes students through steps to navigate their way from a state of anxiety or panic to a feeling of calmness. The short learning programme was developed by psychiatrist Professor Zukiswa Zingela after conducting research on how to best support healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically in resource-limited settings.
“I realised as a psychiatrist with lots of experience in mental health that a lot of people are struggling during COVID and more importantly our health workers were struggling where other people had to be at home. Health workers had to be in the frontline where exactly the kinds of situations were at peak which of course people ran away from.
“It has helped the department when we have high pressure situations, there’s been an improvement in terms of how we deal with it. We are able to recognise when the pressure is increasing and we’ve got the skills to be able to just lower the pressure,” says one of the people who have taken the course.
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