Course Overview
Course Length: 1 Hour
$45
The information provided in this course will help prepare clinicians for their field experiences alongside emergency responder and public safety personnel. It addresses how to find an agency and schedule the experience, what to expect, how to build professional rapport, and how to maintain professional and ethical boundaries during your experience.
This experiential course is intended to be taken as part of the Emergency Responder and Public Safety Certified Clinician Program but can be taken as a stand-alone course.
Looking for the ERPSCC Bundle?
The bundle includes all 14 Emergency Responder and Public Safety Clinician Certification (ERPSCC) courses.
Course Objectives
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Identify what kinds of activities will count toward experiential hours and ideas on how to access them
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Discuss what clinicians can expect from their experiences
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Discover tips on how to get the most out of your experience and how to build rapport with the responders you'll be interacting with
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Discuss professional boundaries and ethical guidelines
What to expect:
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High quality video instruction from our course presenters.
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A downloadable PDF overview document for the course
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A state-of-the-art learning environment with easy course navigation and the ability to access your courses on any device
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Instant certificate delivery upon successful course completion
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Quick access to course support and feedback from your student dashboard
Meet Your Instructors:
Michael Pitrusu
Mike Pitrusu is a sergeant with a major city agency of 746 sworn officers that provides comprehensive police services to a diverse city of 374,000 residents. He has served as the Executive Officer to the Chief of Police and leads the department’s Employee Support and Wellness Unit (ESWU). During his 20-year law enforcement career, Sergeant Pitrusu has been assigned to the Patrol Division as a Patrol and Community Resource officer, and the Special Operations Bureau as a Special Weapons and Tactics Team Leader, Sniper, and Sergeant. However, his current assignment within the Employee Support and Wellness Unit has been the most rewarding of his distinguished career.
Emily Hitchings
Now the Director of Agency Partnerships and Programming at NERPSC, Emily was a police officer for nearly 17 years. As the employee support officer, she led their peer support team and managed wellness programs for her department. Emily is recognized state-wide for her work and has been pivotal in helping build wellness programs for departments of all sizes across the country. Emily is a certified financial master coach and a responder curriculum instructor for the Center for Relationship Education (CRE). This curriculum teaches responders effective communication skills that can benefit their personal and professional relationships. She is also currently working on a MA in counseling, to assist emergency responders through therapy, crisis response, and trauma treatment.
