Teams and teamwork matter in medicine. Work is complex and collaborative. Teams need psychological safety to perform at their best, and all team members and leaders alike can learn the impact of psychological safety and how to create it and sustain it in their team, every day.

This program is for all doctors, at all career stages and all levels – whether you work in teams, lead teams of hold a format leadership role in your workplace. Everyone has a role to play in collaborative work.

The aim of the program is to create deep knowledge and understanding of Psychological Safety and how it contributes to team performance, and the learn the practical skills and behaviours for creating psychological safety in your teams and workplaces.

• What psychological safety is and how supports team effectiveness and performance
   
• Understand the individual and group-level barriers that can get in the way of individuals and team experience psychological safety
   
• Understand how psychological safety is a necessary ingredient for complex and diverse teams to reach optimal performance and the recent research findings in this area
   
• Understand what psychological looks like in terms of what people and teams say and do when psychological safety is present (and assess your current level of psychological safety in current teams)
   
• Learn practical skills and behavioural for creatin and sustaining PS in your teams (both for team members and leadership roles alike).
   
• Create a personalised action plans for setting specific goals and action plans, tailored to specific and current team climates and challenges) that you can begin to implement during this program).
   

We are delighted to extend this offer to students converting to intern membership who have not yet joined AMA Victoria.

This offer is open to new members of AMA Victoria, plus previous members who have either lapsed or resigned their membership.

In collaboration with our union partner ASMOF, we advocate for your rights and interests, especially during critical times like award negotiations and industrial disputes.
 

We provide more than just representation. Once your workplace conditions are established in your Enterprise Agreement, our Workplace Relations team is here to support you.

See AMA Victoria’s full suite of benefits for doctors in training and specialists in the public sector.

When completing the information to join as a member, select the '3 months for free' discount option from the drop-down menu included in the online form.

You can view AMA Victoria’s regular membership pricing on the doctors in training and specialists in the public sector sections of our website.

Yes, if a previous membership is in arrears with debt outstanding, the balance owing will be automatically deducted before a new membership is applied. Please contact us on 03 9280 8722 to discuss options before you re-join.