Methods/Design: This randomised controlled trial will follow the CONSORT guidelines. Participants will be
randomly allocated to the intervention group (receiving a MHFA training course comprising two face to face
6.5 hour sessions run over two days during the intervention period) or a waitlisted control group (not receiving
MHFA training during the study). The source population will be undergraduate nursing students at a large
university located in Perth, Western Australia. Efficacy of the MHFA training will be assessed by following the
intention-to-treat principle and repeated measures analysis.