May 1, 2019
event ‘Exploring the Wellbeing Landscape in Teaching & Learning at UBC: Ideas to Action’, co-hosted by Health Promotion & Education, the Teaching & Wellbeing CoP, Human Resources and UBC Wellbeing.
poster presentations:
Note the parameters and characteristics of wellbeing used for wellbeing analysis
In details:
Faculty : workplace experiences survey 2017
UBC strategic framework on Wellbeing:
Research evidence:
in details:
The discussion group , in which I have participated:
discussion highlights:
- it is useful to teach students as early as possible the strategies to support community oriented practices at workplace. Currently people learn (medicine department) from role models, this can be improved
- common good and personal wellbeing are not contradictory: people thrive personally in healthy work environments and suffer personally in a toxic work environment.
- students should have a chance to learn their future workplace practices of promotion and recognition
- there is research evidence that improved teamwork positively impacts the results of patient care in medical settings (acute care)
- creating space for dialogue is a powerful technique to initiate change and to lead organizational changes. In the UK this approach is already implemented in a form of weekly chats “how is your week?” and measured outcomes are observed.
- having a space-time for providing and receiving support at workplace is important for maintaining a workplace safety net, making work environment part of life and wellbeing… the changes may affect available options for accessing services to improve wellbeing – these changes are not about one-time workshop, but these are systemic incremental changes
- Dr. Peter Dodek (Critical Care Medicine): meditations are good, but organizational mechanisms are more important, systemic changes are essential
- UBC Technical standards project addresses non-academic criteria for students success
- having a sense that these who are in need are not alone…
