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ForwardPsychological Safety: Fostering a Safe Environment for Learner Growth and Development - May 9, 2025
Psychological safety has been a topic of considerable interest in various fields including healthcare over the past two decades. Evidence from empirical studies supports the idea that psychological safety not only matters in relation to quality improvement and patient safety, but also in clinical learning environments. However, there is still limited formal training on how to foster a psychologically safe environment for learners in clinical settings.
Target Audience
Educators and professionals responsible for learner development in nursing, allied clinical training, undergraduate and graduate medical education, and clinical teaching.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define Psychological Safety (PS) and recognize its importance in creating a supportive learning environment in medical education.
- Recall the ACGME’s expectations regarding PS in the clinical learning environment.
- Explain how the lack of PS impacts effective team functioning.
- Describe how to foster PS in your setting.
- Identify institutional resources to help facilitate psychological safety in the clinical learning environment.
- Define Psychological Safety (PS) and recognize its importance in creating a supportive learning environment in medical education.
- Recall the ACGME’s expectations regarding PS in the clinical learning environment.
- Explain how the lack of PS impacts effective team functioning.
- Describe how to foster PS in your setting.
- Identify institutional resources to help facilitate psychological safety in the clinical learning environment.
Christine Ford
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This live activities have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 Attendance