Webinar: Canadian Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Support Programs & Launch of Peer Support Toolkit

Creating a Safe Space: Confidentiality and Legal Privilege for Peer Support Programs

One of the first challenges many organizations confront in exploring the feasibility of a Peer-to-Peer Support Program is the ambiguity surrounding what type of legal protections may be available against disclosure of these communications in legal proceedings like malpractice actions or professional disciplinary hearings, or in employment or college disciplinary proceedings.

This webinar is part of a series, hosted by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Guest speakers will review the guidelines within "Creating a Safe Space" and endeavours to clarify the legal privilege and professional confidentiality considerations of implementing peer-to-peer support programs for health professionals who are emotionally affected by a Patient Safety Incident.

To register for this free webinar session, click here.

Guest Speakers:  

Brent Windwick, QC, 
Health lawyer and educator, 
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Dentistry and former Executive Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta.

Jonathan Gutman
Legal Counsel
Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada

Melanie De Wit
VP, Clinical and Enterprise Risk and Chief Risk Officer
Sinai Health System

Diane Aubin, MSc Phd
Healthcare culture and patient safety specialist
Diane Aubin Consulting
 

Learn the answers to your questions regarding the confidentiality of Peer -to-peer support programs, and resources to help you develop your organizational program.  

The session is designed to allow for conversation among participants, so be prepared to contribute to the dialogue. The webinar recording and slides (in English) will be publicly available after the session on www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca. 

For more information or to share your experience, a resource, or feedback, please contact us at info@cpsi-icsp.ca.