Exploring the construct of psychological safety in medical education
November 1, 2019 Academic Medicine
This paper explores learners’ perspectives on psychological safety in medical education and the impact it has on their learning experience. The authors explain how psychological safety among medical learners frees them from self-consciousness and therefore propose the term “educational safety” to describe the experience of learner psychological safety.
Topics
Psychologically safe learning Policies, standards and best practices Physical, psychological and cultural safety
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