Post Incident Stress Debrief Reviews

Overall I thought it was well structured if somewhat longer than needed. There were a good amount of breaks and the course tutor was friendly and approachable. Considering teaching is now via Zoom the trainer managed to get us all interacting well and kept our attention.

As discussed felt we could of managed the content in 4 days but the practical side of running through the debriefs was really effective and definitely feel i can use this moving forward.

i think the course was very well delivered by Alastair and could tell he had vast knowledge when answering questions from the group.

The course was very well led, it was interesting. The content was excellent.

I felt the course was very relevant in current climate. There is a focus on health and wellbeing and this course gave me valuable tools to be able to support my teams mental wellbeing. I feel confident I will be able to offer critical incident stress debrief sessions. Alistair is very knowledgeable, has an effective approach to delivering the training. I felt we all had ample time to take on the information provided. The course content and materials were helpful. For example the first workbook has already helped some of my team to assess their level of stress and to identify quick interventions to reduce stress levels. I have really enjoyed the course and would be interested to attend other courses delivered by you and your company.

I thought overall the course was very good, however I di find the evaluation session very difficult today due to the struggle I was having working with the person I was partnered with and it might have helped if there was a system for asking for more support with that issue when the training is in a virtual format . Face to face it would have been easier as there are opportunities to take the trainer aside but now I am left wondering what were my actual issues and what were due to the very poor dynamics of us as joint facilitators & the chat facility only seemed to send to everyone

very engaging course, well presented , , it flows well. despite it being online, I felt engaged with the other participants. sometimes frustrating to not be able to choose who I went into break out room with so some choice in this might be good. more clarity over how long we have for each task would be helpful too to manage our time and to always know that we are having a break .

Alastair has thoughtfully put together an intense but thorough programme. I've really enjoyed all of the elements of the programme. From my perspective i wouldn't change anything about the content of the programme. At times it's been intense and quite raw dealing with some of the case studies. Alastair is an engaging facilitator who with a great sense of humour has kept me engaged for the 5 days. I'm really excited to see how i can utilise my new skills for the future.

I really enjoyed the course. It is a very intense experience and it involves you emotionally and I have learned many new things that I will apply in my work place.

Alastair was a very engaging and friendly trainer that helped everyone to feel at ease and able to participate in discussions and activities. The training was very intensive and comprehensive and there was no feeling of wasted time during the course. There was plenty of opportunity to hold discussions with different people in groups and great chances to practice skills together. I can see how the learning from this course could be applied to my own setting, and I am excited looking forward at how we may choose to implement this. I feel confident in going on to facilitate a group myself and to administer psychological first aid to colleagues in need. It has been a very beneficial and enjoyable course.