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

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.

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)

Informal discussions focusing on death, dying, loss, grief, and illness. They allow for reflection on distressing events and offer community and collaboration among hospital employees outside of work. With Covid-19 limiting social interactions and overloading of ICUs worldwide, their virtual administration provides an innovative strategy to mitigate burnout

A facilitator training manual to lead informal, peer-facilitated, small-group meetings where health workers have an opportunity to give voice to the difficult nature of their work and discuss issues that negatively affect resiliency

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.

This article describes the development of a 1-hour workshop aimed at helping residents understand the definition of allyship, effective allyship to patients and colleagues, and allyship differences across communities.

This article describes the development of a 1-hour workshop designed to raise awareness of microaggressions encountered by medical students and trainees. It includes a focus on the use of the VITALS (validate, inquire, take time, assume, leave opportunities, speak up) framework when responding to microaggressions.

This article describes the development, teaching and evaluation of a stepwise approach to help faculty physicians manage patient mistreatment of trainees (residents and students). The approach is summarized by the acronym ERASE.

This article describes the development of a 1-hour workshop for residents with didactics on mistreatment in the medical learning environment. It includes a demonstration of the use of the REWIND (relax, express, why, inquire, negotiate, determine) communication tool to address mistreatment in residency.

COMPASS stands for “Colleagues Meeting to Promote and Sustain Satisfaction.” Initiated by Professor of Medicine Colin West, COMPASS groups are small gatherings of about six to 10 physicians who meet every other week for an hour to discuss issues central to the physician experience.

This article presents an educational activity that used an adaptation of forum theater, in which participants role-played an instance of oppression with a goal of altering the ultimate outcome. It provided them with the opportunity to develop and rehearse responses to workplace bias from patients and patient families in a way that preserved the provider-patient relationship.

This narrative explores the founding of the Nebraska Medical Orchestra – an orchestra created as a nontraditional antidote to reduce stress and burnout among health care students and professionals – and also examines the concept of wellness through interactions between the orchestra’s director and health care-related musicians.

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

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

Regular health and wellbeing focused conversations held by line managers/ supervisors with their staff helps to foster a positive staff experience.

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.

A support for resident-students/fourth-year medical students (during their 4-week emergency medicine sub internship).

A listening booth and podcast project that invites Duke Health providers, staff, students, trainees, patients, and visitors to have one-on-one conversations about what is meaningful in your lives, work, and relationships.

Work, Life, Balance Group of female dentists gathered together to chat about an array of issues relevant to women in dental profession (clinical aspects, social and family life).