OpenLB
Open Library of Bioscience
Advanced Search
Frontiers in medicine
2024;11 1508992.

Psychological safety in health professions education: insights and strategies from a global community of practice.

Chaoyan Dong, Lisa Altshuler, Nobutaro Ban, Lee Yuen Wong, Fatima Elbasri Abuelgasim Mohammed, Chao Tian Tang, Elizabeth Kachur
Author Information
  1. Chaoyan Dong: Sengkang General Hospital, Education Office, Singapore, Singapore.
  2. Lisa Altshuler: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
  3. Nobutaro Ban: Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
  4. Lee Yuen Wong: Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
  5. Fatima Elbasri Abuelgasim Mohammed: Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
  6. Chao Tian Tang: Department of Psychiatry, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
  7. Elizabeth Kachur: Medical Education Development, Global Consulting, New York, NY, United States.
PMID: 39927270 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1508992

Abstract

Psychological safety is the belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up, sharing ideas, raising concerns, or making mistakes. There are various threats to psychological safety in health professions education (HPE). This commentary applies Clark's model of psychological safety (Inclusion Safety, Learner Safety, Contributor Safety, Challenger Safety) to five different HPE settings (classroom instructions, clinical training, simulation-based training, online instructions, interprofessional education). Setting-specific threats and strategies for enhancing psychological safety are discussed.

Keywords

health professions education interprofessional education psychological safety simulation-based medical education team-based learning

References

  1. Adv Simul (Lond). 2017 Jun 27;2:10 [PMID: 29450011]
  2. Public Health Pap. 1978;(68):11-91 [PMID: 664734]
  3. Med Educ. 2010 Jan;44(1):50-63 [PMID: 20078756]
  4. Acad Med. 2018 Feb;93(2):336 [PMID: 29381495]
  5. Med Teach. 2017 Dec;39(12):1227-1237 [PMID: 28664760]
  6. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Jan 25;23(1):61 [PMID: 36698110]
  7. Simul Healthc. 2006 Spring;1(1):49-55 [PMID: 19088574]
  8. BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2020 Apr 20;6(3):164-171 [PMID: 35518370]
  9. Acad Med. 2021 Feb 1;96(2):173-175 [PMID: 32271226]
  10. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Aug 31;20(1):810 [PMID: 32867762]
  11. J Allied Health. 2019 Winter;48(4):237-247 [PMID: 31800653]
  12. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Feb 10;20(1):101 [PMID: 32041595]
  13. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 5;21(1):773 [PMID: 34353319]
  14. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Aug 13;22(1):1035 [PMID: 35964117]
  15. BMJ. 2022 Mar 22;376:e065984 [PMID: 35318190]
  16. J Interprof Care. 2011 Sep;25(5):383-5 [PMID: 21732724]
  17. Med Teach. 2024 Jan;46(1):4-17 [PMID: 37094079]
  18. J Healthc Sci Humanit. 2016 Spring;6(1):67-79 [PMID: 29644118]
  19. J Surg Educ. 2018 Jan - Feb;75(1):58-64 [PMID: 28780315]
  20. Simul Healthc. 2014 Dec;9(6):339-49 [PMID: 25188485]
  21. Clin Teach. 2015 Jun;12(3):171-5 [PMID: 26009951]
  22. Nurse Educ Today. 2023 Mar;122:105712 [PMID: 36669303]
  23. Med Teach. 2015 Apr;37(4):312-22 [PMID: 25319403]
  24. J Nurs Adm. 2014 Mar;44(3):164-9 [PMID: 24531289]
  25. Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 15;14:1164288 [PMID: 37397302]
  26. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2022;27(7):10405-10428 [PMID: 35464115]
  27. Med Teach. 2012;34(12):1008-11 [PMID: 23121248]
  28. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Oct 12;23(1):760 [PMID: 37828469]
  29. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006 Mar;32(3):167-75 [PMID: 16617948]
Journal Article

Word Cloud

Created with Highcharts 10.0.0safetyeducationpsychologicalSafetyhealthprofessionsPsychologicalthreatsHPEinstructionstrainingsimulation-basedinterprofessionalstrategiesbeliefonewillpunishedhumiliatedspeakingsharingideasraisingconcernsmakingmistakesvariouscommentaryappliesClark'smodelInclusionLearnerContributorChallengerfivedifferentsettingsclassroomclinicalonlineSetting-specificenhancingdiscussededucation:insightsglobalcommunitypracticemedicalteam-basedlearning

Similar Articles

Cited By