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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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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.

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Author(s)/Organization(s)
Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
Tags
curriculum, education, Indigenous
Audience
Trainee
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection
Cost
Free
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Course/Training/Workshop
Sector
General
Setting
General
Identity
Indigenous
Language
English
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Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue: Healthcare

This course teaches nine powerful skills for working through disagreements and concerns in health-care settings to achieve better outcomes for...

Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue: Healthcare

This course teaches nine powerful skills for working through disagreements and concerns in health-care settings to achieve better outcomes for employees 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.

Author(s)/Organization(s)
Crucial Learning
Tags
respect, common ground, effective listening and response, safety, dialogue, honesty
Audience
Health-care educator/Trainer, Human resource representative, Manager/Supervisor/Director, Health worker
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection
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Fee
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Course/Training/Workshop
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Specific to healthcare
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Community care, Online setting, Learning environment, Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic
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Not explicitly
Language
English
Article, Article (peer reviewed), Document/Report, Policy/Framework, Program, and Other (Poster presentation)* Icon

Commensality Groups 

This resource uses group work to build a sense of connection and collegiality among physicians and foster comradery and meaning...

Commensality Groups 

This resource uses group work to build a sense of connection and collegiality among physicians and foster comradery and meaning in work. By providing protected time for facilitated group discussion, commensality groups can improve various dimensions of physician well-being, including meaning and engagement in work and stress reduction.

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Author(s)/Organization(s)
Stanford School of Medicine
Tags
collegiality, comradery, pshycian well being, empowerement, stress reduction
Audience
Health worker
Theme
Organizational and team culture
Cost
Free
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Program
Sector
Specific to healthcare
Setting
Hospital, Long-term care, Private clinic, Community care, Home care, Online setting
Identity
Not explicitly
Language
English
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Workplace CARE Training for Community Social Services

A staff training and workplace certificate program designed to support leaders working in community social services. It offers practical steps...

Workplace CARE Training for Community Social Services

A staff training and workplace certificate program designed to support leaders working in community social services. It offers practical steps to building a psychologically safe and healthy workplace and culture and helps leaders better understand their role in this process.

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)
BC’s Hub for Workplace Mental Health
Tags
healthy workplace, culture, leadership, psychological safety
Audience
Manager/Supervisor/Director
Theme
Organizational and team culture, Psychological protection
Cost
Free
Format
Course/Training/Workshop
Sector
General
Setting
Community care
Identity
Not explicitly
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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