INTRODUCTION: Evidence-based interventions to mitigate the impact of secondary traumatic stress (STS) are lacking. As such, a 12-month curriculum was created for professionals at-risk for developing STS. It was hypothesized that the implementation of a psychoeducational curriculum would lead to a decrease in burnout, and STS, and an increase in compassion satisfaction and hope in participants. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted evaluating the impact of a compassion fatigue curriculum on professional quality of life and hope in social workers from OU-Tulsa clinics, and attorneys from Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma. Hour-long courses for each group were held monthly, and followed a curriculum developed by the investigators, which included The Compassion Fatigue Workbook. Surveys were administered prior to the first class, at the mid-point, and after the final class. Surveys included basic demographic information as well as The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), and The Dispositional Hope Scale. Since data approximated the normal distribution, a repeated measures ANOVA was conducted for each measure for each cohort separately in SPSS (version 26). RESULTS: Respondents to the initial survey (n=18) were 95% female and part of social work (n=11) and legal aid (n=7) cohorts. By the study's end-point survey, respondents reduced to seven social workers and four attorneys. For those individuals who responded to each survey (n=11), end-point STS decreased for social workers from an initial 23±7.9 (average level) to 17.7±4.8 (low level) (F(2,12)=6.48, n=7, p=0.01), with no change for attorneys (initial: 28±4.1 (average), end: 29.8±3 (average), (F(2,6)=1.79, n=4, p=0.25)). At the beginning and end of the study, compassion satisfaction was high for social workers, and was average for attorneys, with both cohorts exhibiting no significant change. Burnout also did not significantly change after the program; on average, social workers had low levels of burnout and attorneys had average levels of burnout (both at the beginning and end of the study). While not statistically significant, hope increased slightly for both social workers and attorneys. DISCUSSION: The results yielded a statistically significant improvement in STS scores for social workers. While compassion satisfaction was high and burnout low for social workers within the study's cohort, a psychoeducational curriculum may impact high STS observed in helping professionals. The investigators plan to continue this work with other professionals deemed at-risk for developing STS. Amy Hendrix, MA Academic Research Assistant II, Department of Pediatrics 4502 E. 41st Street | Tulsa, OK 74135 | Office 2J30 | P 918.660.3427 | F 918.660.3410 OU-TU School of Community Medicine<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ou.edu_tulsa_community-5Fmedicine&d=DwMGaQ&c=VjzId-SM5S6aVB_cCGQ0d3uo9UfKByQ3sI6Audoy6dY&r=nQReiZ1pi49K4tPY1qIDnDTXPENqAyiJZrWZDdMbAco&m=OIK5vVWoAm03ZQs_V2CwPsYR-9vOP4SeKc7JsbAeARg&s=0Tdd8EGWhRsjCxYGVFOOgo9bP8Ly-tCOxB6Us6b92tE&e=> [SCM_Logo_Horizontal] [cid:FB6ADA86-7466-460B-9526-D20D9819664F] [Mask Up. Back Up. Wash Up. Read Up. ou.edu/tulsa/coronavirus] "We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the borders of any subject matter or discipline." - Karl Popper Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain information that may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of confidential or privileged contents is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by a "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including attachments.