Measuring psychological safety in healthcare teams: developing an observational measure to complement survey methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological safety is a dynamic team-level phenomenon which exists when team members believe that it is safe to take interpersonal risks. In healthcare teams, the presence of psychological safety is critical to delivering safe care. Scholars have highlighted a need for alternative measures which compliment survey-based measures of psychological safety in healthcare teams.

Methods

The exploratory phase of this study raised concerns about whether current survey measures could provide a sufficient understanding of psychological safety within healthcare teams to inform strategies to improve it. Thus, previously validated psychological safety surveys and a meeting observation measure were adapted for use in healthcare teams. First, two group feedback sessions were he

SUBMITTER: O'Donovan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature