About the module:
Creating Safe Connections is a free, self-paced e-learning module designed to help healthcare providers integrate trauma- and violence-informed care into lung cancer screening and smoking cessation practices. Through interactive activities, real-world scenarios, and practical strategies, learners explore how trauma, violence, and structural inequities shape health behaviours and access to care, and how to foster safer, more equitable, and patient-centred conversations about lung health.
- This program has been certified for up to 4 Mainpro+® credits
- Duration: 4 hours, self-paced, asynchronous online course
- Certification expiry: Sept. 30, 2027
You can access the course here: Mainpro+® accredited option
Module learning objectives:
- Describe how trauma, violence, social determinants of health, and structural inequities can influence health outcomes, health behaviours, and engagement in care.
- Recognize how trauma and violence may affect a patient’s communication, health care decisions, appointment attendance, and engagement with health services.
- Apply the four principles of Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC) to promote emotional, cultural, and physical safety in clinical interactions.
- Demonstrate communication strategies that foster trust, choice, collaboration, and patient-centred decision-making.
- Integrate strengths-based and capacity-building approaches into practice and organization to support patient engagement, autonomy, and equitable access to care.
Declarations & Acknowledgements
This freely available course was developed based on knowledge generated with funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grants: # TLS- 170674; # TLP-185094). The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer supported the instructional videos used in this course.
The instructional and content designers, clinical advisors and patient partners involved in course development have no financial or other interests or conflicts related to the creation, dissemination, or use of this material.
