Peer Support Drop-in Available to PEI Physicians
Peer support available for physicians - hosted by MH professionals (psychiatrists, physicians, etc.) to discuss any challenges physicians are facing MSPEI’s Physician Health Program, provided through Doctors of BC, is now hosting free drop-in COVID-19 Physician Peer Support Sessions via Zoom
Team Huddles
A structured, brief (5-15 min) routine (daily or multiple times a day), face-to-face communication of a team’s membership; has been shown to improve patient safety by enhancing teamwork creating standardized communication processes and providing a feeling of shared responsibility.
Commensality Groups
Commensality Groups are an evidence-based innovation to increase the sense of connection and collegiality among physicians and build comradery and meaning in work. By providing protected time for facilitated small-group discussion, improvements can be made across various dimensions of physician well-being, including meaning, empowerment, and engagement in work and reduction of distress.
Battle Buddies
A psychological resilience intervention founded on a peer support model; involves pairing individuals together based on their clinical areas of practice, responsibilities, experience, seniority, and life circumstances
How to Implement a Peer Support Program During a Crisis
A webinar that covers the importance of peer support, the fundamentals for operationalizing a peer-support program in health systems and practices, and how peer support can potentially change organizational culture – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
Health and Wellbeing Conversations
Regular health and wellbeing focused conversations held by line managers/ supervisors with their staff helps to foster a positive staff experience.
Faculty Support Calls
A program of voluntary and informal 1-hour group support video calls to help medical faculty address their challenges, listen to how they are coping, and describe lessons learned.
Mentorship Program for Medical Students
A support for resident-students/fourth-year medical students (during their 4-week emergency medicine sub internship).
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.
Balint 2.0: A Virtual Balint Group for Doctors Around the World
A Balint group is a purposeful, regular meeting among family physicians, with a trained facilitator or leader, to allow discussion of any topic that occupies a physician's mind outside of his or her usual clinical encounters.
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.
Escape Room as a team building intervention in professional healthcare teams
A novel approach to advance team cohesion in the healthcare setting
Health Equity Rounds (HER)
A unique interdisciplinary forum for practitioners across training levels to discuss and address the impact of structural racism and implicit bias on patient care.