AHS Podcasts

Strengthening Lab Services – Episode 1 by Alberta Health Services

Dr. Curt Johnston, Carmen Lee and Emma Vogt discuss their experiences with transforming the culture on their team to increase psychological safety.

Guests: Dr. Curt Johnston, Intensive Care Physician; Carmen Lee, Pharmacy Assistant, Royal Alexandra Hospital; Emma Vogt, Pharmacy Assistant, Royal Alexandra Hospital

Resource: http://www.ismp-canada.org/download/safetyBulletins/ISMPCSB2007-07NearMiss.pdf

Dr. Curt Johnston and Trina Juchli discuss the importance of discovering how psychologically safe your team is and offer ideas on how you can find out.

Guests: Dr. Curt Johnston, Intensive Care Physician; Trina Juchli, Unit Manager, Operating Room

Resources: https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/understanding-team-effectiveness/steps/foster-psychological-safety/

PAWSCAST #3 by Alberta Health Services

Psychological Safety by Alberta Health Services

PAWScast 2 by Alberta Health Services

Passion for Health Blog - Norma Wood by Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services EMS is now using puppy power to help support paramedics after traumatic calls as part of the new psychological awareness and wellness support (PAWS) program.

The Stollery Children’s’ Hospital Chronic Pain Team and the ECHO research team at the University of Alberta have created an innovative ebook to help children and families who have chronic pain. The book, titled “Learning to live with chronic pain: one family’s story” tells the story from the mother’s perspective on the family journey to accessing care from a chronic pain clinic. The book has been very well received by both families and health care providers, and reviews for it are positive.

Darren Werth, the senior director of Program Strategies at the Calgary Urban Project Society shares how poverty and hunger affect kids' abilities to learn and how CUPS is using brain science to better help their clients.