FOR TRAINERS

Here is an interesting new blog post by Dr Robert Muller of York University which explore the ways in which professional interpreters (aka translators) can be deeply impacted by their work, particularly with trauma survivors and refugees. I remember being told the same thing by a sign language interpreter last year. She said (and I quote loosely) “you know when the signer is angry? Well I have to express that anger to the listener, I am the channel through which the anger, or whatever other emotion is being expressed, passes through. It can be very draining work from that perspective.”

Here are articles on compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma that I have come across recently. Many of these were sent to me by the lovely Karen B. (thank you!) and other colleagues (thank you Natalie, Leslie, Kathleen, Jack, to name a few). If you are a trainer, you may find some of these helpful. I will try and post a list of relevant articles once a month or so. Feel free to send me things you come across as well.

Mental Health in the Workplace

Thorpe, K., Chénier, L. Report: Building Mentally Healthy Workplaces: Perspectives of Canadian Workers, The Conference Board of Canada, 2011. Click here for link.

Nursing

Sabo, B. Reflecting on the Concept of Compassion Fatigue in Nursing Care. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 2011;16(1) Click here to download.

Cancer Care

Emanuel, L. et al. Combating Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Cancer Care. Medscape Nurses, 2011. Click here to download.

Physicians

De Oliveira, G.S. et al, High Incidence of Burnout in Academic Chairpersons of Anesthesiology: Should we be taking better care of our leaders? Anesthesiology 2011, 114: 181-93. Click here to download.

Hyman, S.A. et al, Risk of burnout in Perioperative Clinicians, Anesthesiology 2011; 114: 194-204. Click here to download.

Solomon, S. Sharing Circles Prevent Physician Burnout, National Review of Medicine, July 2008. Vol 5, No 7. Click here to download.

Organizational Health

Portnoy, D. Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: Watch for the Signs. Health Progress, July-August 2011. Click here to download. 

Conference Board of Canada. Women in Senior Management – Where are they? Conf Board Report, August 2011. Click here for link.

Concentration/Overload

Goulston, Mark. Does everyone have ADD? The problems of “pseudo-Add” and “concentration interruptus.” Huffington Press. Click here to view.

Tierney, J. Do you suffer from Decision Fatigue? New York Times, August 17, 2011. Click here to download.

Reflections on Clinical Work

Reynolds, V. Collective Ethics as a Path to Resistance, Insights, 2009. Click here to download.

And don’t forget this great link:

Headington Institute, Care for Caregivers Worldwide. Free online courses on resiliency, Vicarious Trauma and self care.

 

 

 

Welcome to this new section of the website! This is where I will be posting any resource that I come across that may be relevant/useful to you as a trainer. I would also like to invite you to share anything helpful that you come across. Just send me an email and I will post the article/link/strategy here with your name. Please make sure to have complete references for anything you are recommending so we can make sure proper credit is given to the original author.