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8:40 am-9:25 AM

Keynote Address:  Mental Health in the Workplace

Well-being and work-related productivity

Objectives

• Participants will articulate 3-5 stressors and their behavioural outcomes that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Participants will articulate 3-5 evidence-based initiatives employers can offer at the workplace to address individual, organizational, and environmental stressors.
• Participants will describe structure, process, and outcome measures useful in evaluating workplace health and well-being programs.
• Participants will describe the criteria for best practice as defined by the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health in the Workplace.

Communication and mental health in the workplace

Objectives:

• Discuss effective practices to educate workers on mental health and available support
• Present employer examples of practical application
• Share resources that support employers’ communication efforts

Mental health de-stigmatization in the workplace

Lee Daugherty-Biddison

Carolyn Cumpsty-Fowler

Preventing Clinician Burnout: Making Healthcare Workplaces
Healthier for Healthcare Workers

Objectives:

1. Explain the manifestations of burnout, the drivers, and the link between the two
2. Review a model for enhancing professional fulfillment for clinicians along three domains:
   1. personal resilience, 
   2. workflow efficiency, and 
   3. management system and leadership practices

Mental health in vulnerable worker populations

Objectives:     

1. Identify mental health challenges in vulnerable (including migrant) worker populations
2. Discuss evidence based treatments for addressing mental health challenges
3. Describe the impact of federal policies on the mental well-being in vulnerable populations

Using Peer Support for Mental Health Support

Objectives:

1. List three ways peer support can support mental health
2.  Cite three strategies employers can implement to promote peer support

The Post-COVID-19 workplace

Best Practices in Mental Health in the Workplace

Objectives: 

• To provide an overview of the eight categories of best practices in workplace mental health identified through our literature review.
• To highlight examples of best practice interventions in addressing POE-related stressors and their expected outcomes.
• To illustrate the measurement and evaluation framework in understanding the psychosocial, organizational, and environmental (POE) dimensions of workplace stressors that impact mental health and well-being.

Enid Chung