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Psychological protection

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...

Creating a Safe Space: Strategies to Address the Psychological Safety of Healthcare Workers

A manual offering a comprehensive overview of peer support programs in Canada and internationally. It provides best practice guidelines, tools,...

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...

Teamworking, Psychological Safety and Compassionate Leadership

This blog highlights the importance of teamwork and compassionate leadership for fostering a positive work experience. It also describes how...

Peer Support and Trauma Response Program

This website offers an overview of SickKids peer support program to promote greater psychological health, well-being, and safety among staff....

Psychological Safety for Teams

An article providing practical steps and strategies to create a more psychologically safe environment for health-care teams.

Advancing Collaborative Teams (ACT) Toolkit

A toolkit to help teams reflect on their performance and prioritize opportunities and strategies for further development as part of...

A Practical Guide to the Art of Psychological Safety in the Real World of Health and Care

This practical guide offers insights that emerged from an exploration of the experience of more than 80 health and care...

Working Differently Together: Progressing a One Workforce Approach

A step-by-step guide on the effective implementation of teams whose members are from a range of health and social care...

Psychological Safety with Amy Edmonson

A webinar featuring Amy Edmonson, a renowned American scholar of leadership, “teaming,” and organizational learning. Her discussion includes ways to...
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