Online and Blended Resilience Training for Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review of What Was Delivered and What Was Found

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who want an accurate, plain-language account of what the research on online and blended resilience training for healthcare workers reports, including where the evidence is solid and where it is not.

Licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in any practice setting, along with clinical educators, program managers, and rehabilitation staff involved in workforce well-being initiatives.

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Intermediate

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

Larsson M, Ho DM, Kirschner M, Seifritz E, Manoliu A. Digital resilience interventions for healthcare workers: a systematic review. Front Psychiatry. 2025;16:1519670. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1519670. PMID: 41000340. PMCID: PMC12457347.

Systematic review registration: PROSPERO, identifier CRD42024542758.

This course reports only what the review above states. No findings, figures, or recommendations from other sources have been added.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population, intervention types, and delivery formats included in this systematic review of digital resilience programs for healthcare workers.
2. State what the review reported across its outcome areas u2014 resilience, stress, burnout, depression and anxiety, and well-being u2014 for both the online and the blended groups.
3. Explain the methodological limits the authors identified, including how few studies met strong quality criteria, and how the authors framed individual training alongside organizational conditions.

1. Start Here: How This Course Works
2. Podcast: Digital Resilience Programs for Healthcare Workers (about nine minutes)
3. Burnout in Healthcare and the Case for Digital Resilience Training
4. How the Reviewers Searched, Screened, and Rated the Studies
5. What the Programs Delivered: Apps, Modules, and Blended Workshops
6. What the Studies Reported on Resilience, Stress, Burnout, and Mood
7. What Holds the Evidence Back, and What It Could Mean for Your Setting
8. Key Takeaways
9. Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 0.5 contact hours (30 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. Larsson M, Ho DM, Kirschner M, Seifritz E, Manoliu A. Digital resilience interventions for healthcare workers: a systematic review. Front Psychiatry. 2025;16:1519670. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1519670. PMID: 41000340. PMCID: PMC12457347.
2. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO, identifier CRD42024542758.
3. This course reports only what the review above states. No findings, figures, or recommendations from other sources have been added.