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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Programs & Services

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Leading from the Inside Out
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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Guidelines & Regulations

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WorkSafeBC’s healthcare and social services planned inspection initiative focuses on high-risk activities in the workplace that lead to serious injuries and time-loss claims.
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WorkSafeBC is releasing a discussion paper with proposed amendments to the Current Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual that guide wage rate decisions related to short-term and long-term disability compensation. Recommended amendments include: These changes may affect your claims costs. Click here to view the proposed changes and offer feedback to WorkSafeBC – The deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
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Managing trauma and stress

Learn about the ways trauma and stress can impact healthcare professionals and practice helpful coping strategies in this one-hour discussion about trauma and healthcare.

Dr. Burns will discuss the different responses to extreme stress that can occur in healthcare and related difficulties. Drawing from dialectical behaviour therapy, he will also share practical strategies that people can use to manage trauma-related symptoms and the role of mindfulness and acceptance in enacting longer-term change.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the different ways we define trauma and how that can impact those who are experiencing trauma/stress-related difficulties.
  •  Learn about the different responses to trauma or stress
  • Understand how healthcare professionals may be predisposed to stress responses
  • Identify some coping strategies that can worsen trauma-related symptoms
  • Practice and learn some practical strategies to manage symptoms
  • Discuss other resources one can consider accessing
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Psychiatrist
Kyle Burns is a psychiatrist practicing in Vancouver British Columbia. He teaches dialectical behaviour therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. He is the co-founder of VanPsych a clinic that provides evidence based mental health treatments. He is currently the chair of the board of directors at Anxiety Canada.

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