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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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Leaders Supporting Leaders

An article that examines the role of leaders in building resilience and psychologically healthy and safe workplaces. It proposes eight...

Leaders Supporting Leaders

An article that examines the role of leaders in building resilience and psychologically healthy and safe workplaces. It proposes eight actions around the theme of Leaders Supporting Leaders, which include building personal resilience, practising compassionate leadership, and modelling effective interpersonal leadership behaviour.

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Author(s)/Organization(s)
Grimes et al.
Tags
resilience, Psychological health and safety
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety, Protection from moral distress, Support for psychological self-care
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Free
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Article (Peer reviewed)
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Specific to healthcare
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Community care, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
Language
English
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MN Resilience Program 

A psychological resilience intervention designed to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 fatigue on health-care workers (that can be applied more...

MN Resilience Program 

A psychological resilience intervention designed to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 fatigue on health-care workers (that can be applied more generally). The first component is the one-on-one Battle Buddy system, which pairs individuals based on clinical areas of practice, responsibilities, experience, seniority, and life circumstances. The second component provides access to mental health consultants.

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Author(s)/Organization(s)
Grimes et al.
Tags
resilience, Psychological health and safety
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety, Protection from moral distress, Support for psychological self-care
Cost
Free
Format
Article (Peer reviewed)
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Community care, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
Language
English
Blog Post, and Website Icon

Physician Wellness Hub 

A resource centre offering wellness tools and resources to help physicians, medical learners, leaders, and educators create change in the...

Physician Wellness Hub 

A resource centre offering wellness tools and resources to help physicians, medical learners, leaders, and educators create change in the culture of medicine. Included resources are selected and reviewed by experts.

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)
Grimes et al.
Tags
resilience, Psychological health and safety
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety, Protection from moral distress, Support for psychological self-care
Cost
Free
Format
Article (Peer reviewed)
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Community care, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
Language
English
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Mental Health First Aid

This is an evidence-based course on how to support a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or...

Mental Health First Aid

This is an evidence-based course on how to support a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis, until appropriate treatment is found, or the situation resolves. In addition to the 9-hour Standard course, there are customized programs

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)
Grimes et al.
Tags
resilience, Psychological health and safety
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Psychological protection, Protection of physical safety, Protection from moral distress, Support for psychological self-care
Cost
Free
Format
Article (Peer reviewed)
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Community care, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
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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