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Patient Safety & Risk

Speaking Up for Safety: Psychological Safety and Escalation

The skill of raising a concern to someone more senior, before harm happens.

foundation120 min5 lessons
Speaking Up for Safety: Psychological Safety and Escalation

What you'll learn

  • Apply a graded assertiveness script to a described clinical concern
  • Identify the appropriate escalation step when a first attempt is dismissed
  • Differentiate psychological safety from politeness or comfort
  • Demonstrate a non-defensive response to a challenge from a junior colleague
  • Evaluate a team scenario for the presence of speaking-up barriers
  • Recommend two leader behaviours that would improve safety voice on a unit

Course content

5 modules · 5 lessons

1. Why People Stay Silent
  • Why People Stay SilentPreview24m
2. Psychological Safety
  • Psychological Safety24m
3. Graded Assertiveness
  • Graded Assertiveness24m
4. When You Are Not Heard
  • When You Are Not Heard24m
5. Receiving a Concern
  • Receiving a Concern24m