■ Physician-team: 
                        Leveraging the power of collaboration to foster safe care
               
            
                Speaking up 
                Fostering speaking up within a team environment
                
  
  	 
  
              
                            
             
	            
		            20 minutes
		            Published: April 2021 
		            
		            
	             
             
             
               
              
              
              
                Learning objectives
                
                    Upon completion, you will be able to:
- Define psychological safety, cross-monitoring, and speaking up.
- Identify common barriers to speaking up.
- List two strategies for speaking up.
- Recognize ways to foster speaking up within a team environment.
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                Accreditation
                Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CMPA. You may claim a maximum of 0.5 hour (credits are automatically calculated).
The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC)
This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Quebec College of Family Physicians, a continuing professional development accrediting organization recognized by the Collège des médecins du Québec and has been approved for up to 0.5 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.
 
              
              
              
                Disclosure
                Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Cheryl Hunchak1, Dr. Christine De Maria1, Dr. Eileen Bridges1, Dr. Élisabeth Boileau1, Ms. Élisabeth Normand1, Ms. Erica Battram1, Dr. Evelyn Constantin1, Dr. Heather Murray1, Dr. Henriette Fortin1, Dr. Jessica Dy1, Dr. Liisa Honey1, Dr. Lisa Thurgur1, Dr. Richard Mimeault1, Dr. Shirley Lee
Employees of: 1. Paid employee of the CMPA
Conflict of Interest: The members of the Scientific Planning Committee have no financial or professional affiliation with any organization that can be perceived as a conflict of interest in the context of this online program.
 
               
              
                 
              
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