■ Physician-team:

Leveraging the power of collaboration to foster safe care

Speaking up

Group of physicians standing having a conversation.

20 minutes

Published: April 2021

Learning objectives

Upon completion, you will be able to:

  1. Define psychological safety, cross-monitoring, and speaking up.
  2. Identify common barriers to speaking up.
  3. List two strategies for speaking up.
  4. 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 2-credit-per-hour 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 1.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.

Disclosure

Scientific Planning Committee: Dr. Eileen Bridges1, Dr. Shirley Lee1, Dr. Katherine Larivière1, Dr. Tino Piscione1, Dr. Richard Mimeault1, Dr. Liisa Honey1

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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