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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

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Protection from moral distress

Support for self-care

Support for psychological self-care

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Top Tips to Deal with Challenging Situations: Doctor-Patient Interactions

This article discusses challenges that can occur during a medical consultation and provides suggestions to support medical practitioners and patients.

Top Tips to Deal with Challenging Situations: Doctor-Patient Interactions

This article discusses challenges that can occur during a medical consultation and provides suggestions to support medical practitioners and patients.

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.

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Opening Minds / Mental Health Commission of Canada
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MHFA, first aid, mental health
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Employee, Health-care educator/Trainer, Health worker, Human resource representative, Other, Manager/Supervisor/Director
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Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection, Support for psychological self-care
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Well-being Debriefing 

A facilitator training manual that guides the delivery of informal, peer-facilitated, small-group meetings and gives health-care workers the chance to...

Well-being Debriefing 

A facilitator training manual that guides the delivery of informal, peer-facilitated, small-group meetings and gives health-care workers the chance to discuss the difficult nature of their work and the issues that negatively affect their resiliency.

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.

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Opening Minds / Mental Health Commission of Canada
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MHFA, first aid, mental health
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Employee, Health-care educator/Trainer, Health worker, Human resource representative, Other, Manager/Supervisor/Director
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Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection, Support for psychological self-care
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Interprofessional Education Day

This article highlights Interprofessional Education Day, an important part of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry curriculum at Western...

Interprofessional Education Day

This article highlights Interprofessional Education Day, an important part of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry curriculum at Western University. This annual event allows students to engage with future colleagues across the health-care spectrum. The event includes team-based engagement involving small group exercises and case studies as well as panel discussions on collaborative patient care.

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.

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Opening Minds / Mental Health Commission of Canada
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MHFA, first aid, mental health
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Employee, Health-care educator/Trainer, Health worker, Human resource representative, Other, Manager/Supervisor/Director
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Indigenous Canada

A website that offers a 12-lesson MOOC (massive open online course) for students outside the University of Alberta’s faculty of...

Indigenous Canada

A website that offers a 12-lesson MOOC (massive open online course) for students outside the University of Alberta’s faculty of Native studies. The course explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada.

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.

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Opening Minds / Mental Health Commission of Canada
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MHFA, first aid, mental health
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Employee, Health-care educator/Trainer, Health worker, Human resource representative, Other, Manager/Supervisor/Director
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Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection, Support for psychological self-care
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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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