Resources

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

A manual offering a comprehensive overview of peer support programs in Canada and internationally. It provides best practice guidelines, tools, and resources to help policy makers, accrediting bodies, regulators, and health-care leaders assess and develop peer-support programs for health-care workers. The aim is to support workers’ emotional well-being and enable them to provide safer, higher-quality care to patients.

This blog highlights the importance of teamwork and compassionate leadership for fostering a positive work experience. It also describes how such leadership may create effective teams and psychologically safe organizational cultures.

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.

A resource to support teams who experience moral distress. It describes its underlying factors and offers strategies and videos to help workers and leaders take action to prevent and reduce moral distress.

This toolkit outlines essential components for fostering joy in the workplace and supporting the public health workforce. It also provides an action guide for leaders to promote staff well-being and cultivate joy at work.

A toolkit to help teams reflect on their performance and prioritize opportunities and strategies for further development as part of a team action plan. It includes reliable and valid assessment tools to evaluate interprofessional care competencies and psychological safety.

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

This website offers an overview of SickKids peer support program to promote greater psychological health, well-being, and safety among staff. It includes an approved International Critical Incident Stress Foundation course, along with tailored program development and consultation.

A webinar featuring Amy Edmonson, a renowned American scholar of leadership, “teaming,” and organizational learning. Her discussion includes ways to create psychological safety within teams and stresses its importance in hybrid environments as well as among diverse teams aiming for innovation.

A step-by-step guide on the effective implementation of teams whose members are from a range of health and social care disciplines. Among other enablers of working in multidisciplinary teams, the toolkit explores psychological safety and workplace culture.

A practical, interactive toolkit developed by the U.K.’s National Health Service to create positive working environments that are kind, compassionate, and inclusive for all.