Supporting those who make sight possible. New resources to help eye bank professionals recognize the emotional weight of this work — and build the support structures to sustain it.
Team Support & Connection Toolkit
For supervisors and team leaders
Eye bank professionals work in environments involving regular exposure to death, grief, and emotionally intense situations. When difficult cases happen, the response in the hours and days that follow matters. This toolkit gives supervisors and team leaders practical, low-barrier tools to check in with staff early — before stress accumulates into burnout. No clinical expertise required. The tools range from a 5-minute post-case check-in to a structured debrief guide, a remote-specific support protocol, and a peer-driven “Talk to Me” conversation framework. Each is designed to be brief, voluntary, and clearly separate from any QA or performance process.
Self-Care & Reflection Toolkit
For all eye bank professionals
This toolkit is for the individual — the person at the end of a hard shift who needs help leaving work at work, or who finds themselves replaying a case they can’t quite set down. It offers three tools: a quick end-of-shift reset routine, a self-care guide normalizing common stress reactions and offering practical strategies to recover, and a structured reflection guide for processing difficult cases on your own terms. The goal isn’t to get over it — it’s to make space for the experience so it doesn’t quietly accumulate.
Live 2 Hour Workshop!
Understanding and Managing Vicarious Trauma for Eye Bank Professionals
September 23 at 1 pm Eastern
This interactive webinar helps supervisors recognize the signs of vicarious trauma in their staff and develop proactive strategies to address it before cumulative exposure becomes burnout. Through discussion, real-world scenarios, and skill-building exercises, participants leave with practical coping tools and a personalized resilience plan. Open to all eye bank professionals; 2.0 CEU credits available. Register today!
Thank you to Saving Sight and the Jachin Misko family for sponsoring this session.
On-Demand Sessions
Thriving in Meaningful Work: Navigating the Unique Challenges of Ocular Tissue Recovery
This recorded seminar equipped ocular recovery staff with education and practical tools to recognize secondary trauma, practice evidence-based coping strategies, and build resilience for the meaningful but emotionally demanding work of recovering ocular tissue from deceased donors.
The FABULOUS Framework for Resilience and Well-Being
This recorded program equipped eye bank professionals with evidence-based tools to navigate compassion fatigue, moral injury, and vicarious trauma — fostering resilience, self-care, and post-traumatic growth.
Questions or Suggestions for Additional Resources?
Contact Genevieve Magnuson, Director of Member Services.
