The Importance of Psychological Safety in Today
The Importance of Psychological Safety in Today’s Multicultural Healthcare Environment
Stephen Brian Towns Sr.
Overview
This final project focuses on the importance of psychological safety in healthcare. The principles shared invites utilization by healthcare leadership, hospital executives, and mid-level and senior industry leaders. All leadership, concerned about advancing excellence in the healthcare industry and promoting vibrant lifestyles and more healthy outcomes for all people, will find practical lessons within this work. This learning compilation can also benefit leadership in any sector as industries void of psychological safety suffer from similar detrimental outcomes.
Objective
This project acknowledges the importance of psychological safety in healthcare and, addresses the problem with the following:
- An animated introductory video presentation outlining the project premise.
- A collection of 9 instructional video modules detailing the importance of psychological safety in the healthcare sector.
- The learning modules are:Module 1: How psychological safety is lacking in today’s healthcare culture.Module 2: How the lack of psychological safety threatens patient safety.Module 3: How multiculturalism in U.S. healthcare demands psychological safety. Module 4: How interpersonal risk in minorities is lessened by psychological safety. Module 5: How psychological safety in hospital residential settings is critical. Module 6: How psychological safety contributes to an organization’s learning culture and high performance standards. Module 7: The relationship of psychological safety to high-performing healthcare teams. Module 8: How psychological safety offers mentorship and coaching opportunities for today’s millennial-infused workforce. Module 9: How the future of healthcare cannot survive void of psychological safety.
Abstract Premise
After completing the coursework for the DSL program’s concentration in health care, a void in the industry’s practices in psychological safety became evident. This fact, coupled with recent negative career experiences confirmed the need for innovative ways to promote this servant leadership-based principal. The learning modules will appeal to Millennials and seasoned executives alike by creatively presenting the material in seven-minute segments.