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Psychological Health and Safety Toolkit for Primary Care Teams and Training Programs

This toolkit aims to empower comprehensive primary care teams and training programs to promote psychological health and safety through a set of curated, evidence-informed resources focused on team-based activities, policies, and practices.
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What is psychological health and safety?

Psychological health is a form of well-being that allows individuals to think, feel, and behave in a manner that enables them to perform effectively in their work environments, personal lives, and in society at large (Samra et al, 2022).

Psychological safety is a condition in which people are free from threats of harm to their psychological health (MHCC, 2019).

Psychological health and safety is a way people interact with one another as well as the way working conditions and management practices are structured within the workplace (CSA, 2013).

Seven themes for workplace psychological health and safety

The resources in this toolkit are organized by seven themes, based on a clustering of the psychosocial factors identified in Canada’s National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.

Organizational and team culture

Organizational and team culture

Workload and work-life

Workload management and work-life balance

Successful attractive female doctor or surgeon in scrubs standing with folded arms in front of an African male doctor or consultant conceptual of an expert medical team, on white

Clear leadership and expectations

Psychological protection

Protection of physical safety

Protection of physical safety

Portrait of doctor and surgeon in a hospital together

Protection from moral distress

Support for self-care

Support for psychological self-care

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On the Agenda Workshop Series 

A page providing free workshop materials and facilitator tools to help leaders improve psychological health and safety in the workplace...

On the Agenda Workshop Series 

A page providing free workshop materials and facilitator tools to help leaders improve psychological health and safety in the workplace by co-creating an action plan with their team.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Canada Life
Tags
psychosocial factors; psychological health and safety; team
Audience
Human resource representative, Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Workload management and work-life balance, Clear leadership and expectations, Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety
Cost
Free
Format
Course/Training/Workshop
Sector
General
Setting
Private clinic, Community care, Home care, Online setting, Hospital, Long-term care
Identity
Not explicitly
Language
English
Article, Article (peer reviewed), Document/Report, Policy/Framework, Program, and Other (Poster presentation)* Icon

An Institutional Model for Health Care Workers’ Mental Health During Covid-19

A commentary presenting a proactive, team-based support intervention called CREATE, which focuses on compassion, resilience, and team building. The model...

An Institutional Model for Health Care Workers’ Mental Health During Covid-19

A commentary presenting a proactive, team-based support intervention called CREATE, which focuses on compassion, resilience, and team building. The model was designed to support health-care workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic but is also useful outside that context.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Shapiro et al.
Tags
mental health, COVID-19, resilience, Team-based model
Audience
Health worker, Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Psychological protection
Cost
Free
Format
Article (Peer reviewed)
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Hospital
Identity
Not explicitly
Language
English
Article, Article (peer reviewed), Document/Report, Policy/Framework, Program, and Other (Poster presentation)* Icon

How Psychologists can Help Protect Health Care Teams

An article that discusses stress, strain, and teamwork and describes how psychological research can help build resilience in overworked health-care...

How Psychologists can Help Protect Health Care Teams

An article that discusses stress, strain, and teamwork and describes how psychological research can help build resilience in overworked health-care teams and prepare them to face future crises.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Pappas, et al.
Tags
shared mental model, prebriefing, teamwork, debriefing
Audience
Health worker
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Workload management and work-life balance, Clear leadership and expectations
Cost
Free
Format
Article
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Community care, Hospital, Private clinic
Identity
Not explicitly
Language
English
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Virtual Simulations to Confront Racism and Bias in Health Professions Education 

This educational series helps participants confront racism and bias when they occur. Using best practices and a social justice simulation,...

Virtual Simulations to Confront Racism and Bias in Health Professions Education 

This educational series helps participants confront racism and bias when they occur. Using best practices and a social justice simulation, the three-hour virtual training incorporates trigger films that adhere to the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning’s Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.

This link opens an external web page. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada do not control the quality or omission of translations.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Blodgett et al.
Tags
diversity, clinical simulation, virtual training, racism, bias, social justice, equity
Audience
Health worker, Health-care educator/Trainer
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection
Cost
Free
Format
Course/Training/Workshop
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Community care, Online setting, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
Identity
Indigenous, Immigrant, refugee, ethnocultural, and racialized populations (IRER)
Language
English

Disclaimer: This inventory is by no means exhaustive. The Canadian Health Workforce Network and the Mental Health Commission of Canada are unable to comment on the quality of individual programs or services. Consequently, their inclusion in this toolkit should not be considered an endorsement of particular programs or organizations.

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