By the end of this module, you should be able to:

Lesson 1: Background 

1. Define emotionally challenging research.
2. Understand why recognizing and understanding emotions is an important part of the research process.

Lesson 2: Emotional Challenges in Extreme Events Research

1. Identify specific ways in which extreme events research can be emotionally challenging for researchers.
2. Understand how particular power dynamics and positionalities can affect emotional challenges for researchers.
3. Recognize the complex effects of emotional challenges in research, including both detrimental impacts as well as positive development and growth.

Lesson 3: Methodological Approaches and Emotionally Challenging Research 

1. Explain how various methodological research approaches and designs may present different emotional challenges for researchers. 
2. Understand the additional emotional challenges that can accompany in-person field research.

Lesson 4: Coping with Emotionally Challenging Research and Harnessing the Power of Emotions

1. Learn strategies to effectively and ethically cope with the potential impacts of conducting emotionally challenging research.
2. Understand how you can harness the power of your emotions to advance your research and applications.

Quiz

At the close of the module, you will have the opportunity to take a 10-question quiz. If you get 8 out of 10 questions correct, you will receive a certificate of completion for the CONVERGE Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research Training Module.