CPSI: Creating a safe space: Psychological health and safety of healthcare workers – a series of webinars (May to September 2019)

Summary

There is a growing body of evidence to demonstrate that health professionals feel emotionally distressed after a patient safety incident and there is an emerging recognition of the potential negative impact on both the health professionals’ health and on patient safety. 

The Canadian Institute for Patient Safety partnered with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop a new toolkit for peer-to-peer support programmes in healthcare.  It includes tools, resources and templates from organisations across the globe who have successfully implemented their own peer support programmes for healthcare providers, and is intended for policy makers and regulators, administrators, managers, healthcare teams and peer supporters. 

Content

This web page includes a series of peer-support webinars called Creating a safe space: Psychological health and safety of healthcare workers. 

Webinar topics

1. Creating a safe space: Confidentiality and legal privilege for peer-to-peer support programs
2. Results of the pan Canadian survey of healthcare workers' views on the second victim phenomenon
3. Global environmental scan of peer-to-peer support programs
4. Canadian best practices for peer-to-peer support programs and the launch of the peer support toolkit