"Electronic Gatekeeper Training for Campus Suicide Prevention"

Category: Technology Training

The Ohio State University

Goals:
*Develop a plan to implement electronic gatekeeper training on the OSU Columbus and Mansfield campuses, with the remaining regional campuses to follow.
*The learning community has five major goals:
1. Bring together a diverse group to discuss gatekeeper training for suicide prevention.
2. Send community members to trainings to obtain information and share with the group.
3. Use team’s expertise on suicide prevention and on campus contexts to determine (a) campus wide interest; (b) feasibility; (c) type of training program; (d) needed technology; (e) office or individual to “host” the training; (f) necessary financial resources; (g) selection of gatekeepers; (h) piloting of program; and (i) effectiveness.
4. Pilot the program, if appropriate, with a method for feedback and assessmt.
5. Develop a plan for a sustainable gatekeeper training program for suicide prevention.