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Health Promoting Work & Learning Environment

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Background

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For many, the environment that they are working or learning within can be described as challenging or even toxic and it can be so for many reasons.

Through the Okanagan Charter, universities, colleges, and institutions, are aspiring to create health promoting environments that establishes cultures of compassion, well-being, equity, and social justice for all.

Within the health system we have a unique challenge and opportunity in that our environments support both those working and learning in a simultaneous physical space. It is important to recognize the additional impact that organizational culture can have on the individuals occupying this space, irrespective of role, that is, employee vs. trainee. This impact can be positive and nurturing resulting in creativity, innovation, and joy. Or it can be harmful and damaging leading to apathy, resentment, and burnout.

Key Definitions & Concepts

Health Promotion

“Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.” (reference)

Health System

“A health system promotes, restores and maintains health. It is a complex whole made up of all the actions, actors, resources, and mechanisms involved in delivering health care services to meet the health needs of populations." (reference)

Resource Submission to EqHS Library
Do you have tools and resources, such as articles, books, videos, and websites, that you think we should consider adding to our learning resources pages?

Articles & Books

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Supporting clinician educators to achieve "work-work balance"
Jerry M. Maniate et al.

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Six ways to get a grip by calling-out racism and enacting allyship in medical education
Lyn K. Sonnenberg et al.

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A systematic review of evidence-based practices for clinical education and health care delivery in the clinical teaching unit
Brandon Tang et al.

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Microaggressions in anesthesiology and critical care: individual and institutional approaches to change
Saroo Sharda et al.

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Unpacking the Social Constructs of Discrimination, Othering, and Belonging in Medical Schools
Omolayo Anjorin & Jamiu O. Busari

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Equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice in CanMEDS 2025
Cheryl Barnabe et al.

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Improving Care and Safety For All: Integrating Trauma-Informed, Culturally Safe Perinatal Practices for Both Patient and Provider Wellbeing
Robyn Jackowich et al.

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Development of an institutional “good practices” policy for resident and attending-physician on-call responsibilities
Michael Quon et al.

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Fostering a Health-Promoting Learning Environment in Medical Education: Adapting the Okanagan Charter for Administrators and Medical Educators.
Victor Do et al.

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Okanagan Charter : An international charter for health promoting universities & colleges

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Podcasts

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Impact the COVID19 pandemic is having on medical students (CSPL)
Victor Do

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Importance of wellbeing in the medical learning environment (CSPL)
Melanie Lewis

Websites

Culture of Academic Medicine Initiative (CAMI)

Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Physician Wellness Hub

Okanagan Charter: an international charter for health promoting universities

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