Career Development
Gayle Brazeau, PhD (she/her/hers)
Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences
Marshall University School of Pharmacy
Huntington, West Virginia
Cynthia Jones, PhD (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Marshall University School of Pharmacy
Huntington, West Virginia
Evan Robinson, RPh, PhD
Professor
Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Omaha, Nebraska
The concept of psychological safety in organizational culture is where an individual feels included, is safe to learn, contribute, innovate, and challenge the status quo. A psychologically safe work culture is one that is inclusive in which individuals learn from each other, admit mistakes, and do not fear retaliation when providing truthful feedback. From our previous work, the tenets that exist in positive cultures and subcultures, such as trust, respect, organizational transparency, and others, create the circumstances for psychological safety and subsequently for the engagements that then influence culture and subculture development.* Psychological safety has evolved to be critical for fostering inclusion, enhancing learning, and promoting change and innovation in complex high stakes organizations involving human interactions and interpersonally challenging work. The contributions of an organization’s greatest asset, its people, is often driven by how psychologically safe individuals feel in their work culture. This program will introduce the two current models of psychological safety, Clark and Radecki, and through active learning strategies provide approaches that can be utilized by individuals and organizations to develop and promote a psychologically safe work culture that is inclusive and innovative.
*Robinson ET, Jones C, and Brazeau, GA. Addressing an uncertain future with a culture of psychological safety. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Published: February 20, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2022.11.005.