eQUITY Link

eQUITY link is a resource and training site designed to build the language skills of healthcare service providers working in diverse healthcare systems. The purpose is to answer the question “Where do I start and how do I do it?” asked by healthcare managers who want to improve their French-language service delivery.

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Advocacy and Communications Toolkit

This toolkit was developed for hospital pharmacists. It highlights key components of a successful advocacy campaign, how to get your message across effectively, media relations tips, and practical case studies specific to hospital pharmacists.

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VMDAS Hub for Engagement and Wellness

A place to gather, connect, collaborate and care for the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association (VMDAS) members. They are encouraged to use the space for informal meetings with other VMDAS members. The Vancouver Physician Staff Association (VPSA) hosts events in the space including its monthly Physician Appreciation Lunch. Members are encouraged to contact VPSA with ideas for additional events and workshops that could be hosted in the hub. It is open 24/7.

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Confronting the Invincibility Myth in Health care

This study involved semistructured interviews with 22 faculty physicians working in Canada. It focused on their experiences of wellness and burnout, their perceptions of wellness initiatives, and how their experiences and perceptions influence their uptake of the rapidly proliferating strategies aimed at nurturing their resilience. Participants denounced the “Invincibility Myth” in which physicians are expected to be “superhuman” and “sacrifice everything” for medicine.

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Diversion of Controlled Drugs In Hospitals

Drug losses and theft from the healthcare system are accelerating; hospitals are pressured to implement safeguards to prevent drug diversion. This article provides insights into system-based strategies to reduce the opportunity for diversion (see Table 3).

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Workplace Violence Prevention In Health Care

This guide to the law for hospitals, long-term care homes and home care aims to help employers, supervisors and workers understand their obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and O. Reg. 67/93 – Health Care and Residential Facilities Regulation, including workplace violence prevention.

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Indigenous Health - Tools and Resources

A compilation of tools and resources on Indigenous health, including foundational reading, guidance documents and online courses.

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Have ‘THAT’ Talk

A series developed to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in all areas of life. The section "For Workplaces" includes animation videos on the 13 factors in the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.

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Creating A Safe Space

Best practice guidelines, tools and resources to assist policy makers, accreditation bodies, regulators and healthcare leaders assess what healthcare workers need in terms of support, and to create peer support programs.

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Mental Health In The Workplace

Educational resources to learn how to encourage and drive conversations around mental health in the workplace as well as promote long-term mental health in the workplace beyond October (Mental Health Awareness month).

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Physician Wellness Hub

This webpage/toolkit provides reliable wellness tools and resources to empower physicians, medical learners, leaders and educators to create change in the culture of medicine.

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Disconnecting From Work Policy

Employers that employ 25 or more employees in Ontario on January 1 of any year are required to have a written policy on disconnecting from work (i.e., not engaging in work-related communications, including emails, telephone calls, video calls or sending or reviewing other messages, to be free from the performance of work).

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Caregivers In The Workplace-Tools For Employers

A suite of tools and resources that provide key tips and strategies that can be built into existing workplace initiatives, providing benefits to leaders and employees.

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Duty Hour Limitation Policies

“This study provides evidence on Canadian midwives’ preferences for and experiences with policies and guidelines which limit the hours of work and weeks per year preferred to be on call, and examines the relationship between preferences and midwives’ intention to stay in the profession.”

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Violence, Aggression & Responsive Behaviours Toolkit

Validated, consensus-based resources for workplace violence prevention in hospitals, long-term care, home and community care and emergency medical services.

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Position Statement On Bullying

A clear stance on harassment, bullying and any behaviour that undermines midwives in any work setting. An invitation to denounce bullying in practice groups, birth centres, hospitals and all other places of work and life and address it through a four-prong approach.

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Preventing Violence, Harassment And Bullying Against Health Workers

This guideline provides recommendations for health service organizations and academic institutions so they can recognize, prevent and manage violence, harassment and bullying in the workplace.

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