Identifying opportunities to deliver compassion in virtual peer-support stroke programs

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Compassion must be consistently applied to build meaningful interactions, but the widespread shift to online services may have reduced or changed the quality of interactions and compassion in online services. Hardeep will interview forty people who receive and provide online peer-support to understand what helps and hinders compassion in online…

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Self-compassion training for specialist inpatient rehabilitation providers

Physiatrist, Sunnybrook Research Institute This project will assess an online self-compassion course for rehabilitation providers. Rehabilitation is founded in a bio-psycho-social model and depends on effective relational care between healthcare providers and those receiving rehabilitative treatments. Compassionate care in rehabilitation is linked to better health outcomes for patients but caring for people with disabling long-term…

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