Development of a remote psychological first aid protocol for healthcare workers following the COVID-19 pandemic in a university teaching hospital, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim, Ahmad Sabki, Zuraida, Jaafa, Mohd Johari, Francis, Benedict, Razali, Khairul Arif, Rizal, Aliaa Juares, Mokhtar, Nor Hazwani, Juhari, Johan Ariff, Zainal, Suhaila, Ng, Chong Guan
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: BF Psychology; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36465/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of addressing the psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare workers (HCWs) who are frontliners directly involved in mitigating the spread of the disease. This paper focuses on the utilization of a clinical pract...