■ 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 online 1-credit-per-hour Assessment program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 0.5 Mainpro+ credit.
Disclosure
Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Eileen Bridges1, Dr. Shirley Lee1, Dr. Janet Nuth1, Dr. Steven Bellemare1, Dr. Katherine Larivière1, Dr. Tino Piscione1, Dr. Richard Mimeault1, Dr. Robert Johnston1, Dr. Liisa Honey1, Ms. Tunde Gondocz1
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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