SafeSpaceHealth

The quality of health care systems and patient safety outcomes depends heavily on high-functioning health professionals.

Recent data, however, has revealed an alarmingly high prevalence of:
— burnout
— compassion fatigue
— moral distress / injury
— emotional exhaustion
— interpersonal disengagement
— low sense of personal accomplishment
— trauma-related disorders
among health care professionals, pointing to psychological health and safety issues already reaching epidemic levels.

Furthermore, health care and allied health professionals are increasingly faced with workplace hardships & moral dilemmas, likely to significantly exacerbate existing psychological health and safety concerns.

Safe Space Health aims to meet the need for novel approaches to support health care and allied health professionals through:

— A safe, anonymous & moderated forum to discuss & disclose without any fear or shame
— Providing focused support by our specially trained Safe Space Health Coaches
— Just-in-time access – available 24/7, 365 days a year
— An open, yet anonymous forum enabling users to see what’s being discussed & learn
— Ability to search for specific conversation threads using #
— Group-based conversations to gain insight & clarity facilitating self-awareness
— Friendly, connected culture focused on growth-mindset & solution-focused conversations
— Trusting & respectful environment, accepting each other’s perspectives
— Individualized self-reflection diary of written, audio and video notes
— Regular “nudges” to reinforce positive behaviours

The goal is to bring peace to health care & academic medical education systems through wellbeing support for all health care and allied health professionals—by focusing on what connects us, rather than what divides us.