Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS)
A validated curriculum for teaching interprofessional communication; used with health workers; focuses on five key principles (leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, communication, and team structure)
Schwartz Rounds
A standardized rounding program designed to openly and honestly discuss social and emotional issues that health workers face in caring for patients and families.
Wobble Room
A physical space for health workers to unwind and connect. It is open to all employees 24/7 to help release tension and recharge.
Staff Well-being Hub
A designated positive space for hospital staff to help them detox and recuperate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bubble
A program and a space for relaxation and support for hospital-based health workers.
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP)
This article promotes the use Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) (a brief, evidence-based intervention designed for patients with advanced cancer); it describes the principles underlying MCP and how it might be adapted and applied to ameliorate burnout among health care workers
Medical Scribes
A strategy to increase clinic workflow efficiency and reduce physician burnout; relies on the incorporation of medical assistants into electronic health record (EHR) processes.
Assaultive Staff Action Program (ASAP)
A voluntary, system-wide, peer-help, crisis intervention program to address the psychological aftermath in staff victims of patient assaults.
Civility, Respect, Engagement in the Workforce (CREW)
A culture change initiative to improve the work climate through more civil and respectful interactions (National Center for Organization Development, United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
Escape Room as a team building intervention in professional healthcare teams
A novel approach to advance team cohesion in the healthcare setting
Follow-up Counselling
An important step to help minimize the adverse impact of exposure to aggression from patients on nurses' mental health.