Prevention of Workplace Violence towards Health Care Professionals
What is Known About the Prevention of Workplace Violence Towards Health Care Professionals in Emergency Departments: A Rapid Review
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
St. Michael's Hospital
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Elliot PausJenssen, Priscille-Nice Sanon
Project Trainee(s)
Chantelle Recsky, Melissa Moynihan
Collaborator(s)
Valorie Crooks, Christopher Mcleod, Sharon Provost
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance
- Unity Health Toronto
Project Objectives
To determine what interventions could be implemented to reduce workplace violence towards health care professionals in the emergency departments of Unity Health Toronto.
Research Approach
Rapid Review
Impact Statement
“Working with the SPOR Evidence Alliance Team has been a great experience. Clinicians in the emergency department face rising levels of violence, and finding effective solutions to mitigate this issue were challenged. Based on the advice of a trusted colleague, I connected with the team and the rest is history!
Through multiple meetings, we refined our question and our approach. Patient and family advisors were engaged to provide a needed perspective. I am proud that our work is now in print, and available to emergency departments working to create safer spaces for staff and for patients.”
– Orla Smith, Unity Health Toronto