The influence of psychological safety on feedback conversations in general practice training.
Rola AjjawiMargaret BearmanMichelle SheldrakeKay BrumptonMegan O'ShannessyMarie-Louise DickMatthew FrenchChristy NoblePublished in: Medical education (2022)
Participants felt psychologically safe to engage their educators in sanctioned systems of conversation related to the immediate care of the patient and yet unsafe to engage in less patient related performance conversations despite the presence of multiple positive interpersonal factors. The concept of a safe 'container' (contained space) is perhaps idealised when it comes to feedback conversations about performance in the informal and emergent spaces of postgraduate training. More research is needed into understanding how clinical environments can sanction feedback conversations in clinical environments.