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5/3 YES: Be an Upstander

May 03, 2024
  • 00:00And I think we're going to be recorded, yes.
  • 00:03So good afternoon, everyone.
  • 00:05I'm Andreas Martin.
  • 00:07I'm a professor of child psychiatry
  • 00:10at the Child Study Center.
  • 00:12And I'm here with my hat as a
  • 00:16proud member of the newly remained
  • 00:19Center for Medical Education,
  • 00:21which is thriving and growing.
  • 00:23And it's an exciting set of ventures
  • 00:25and one of the ventures that we started
  • 00:27a year ago is this series called,
  • 00:30yes, the Yale Medical Educator Series.
  • 00:34My colleague,
  • 00:35my partner in crime in this has been
  • 00:37Dana Dunn from Internal Medicine.
  • 00:39I'm sure many of you know and what you
  • 00:42may not know is that today is actually
  • 00:46our very last yes presentation from the year.
  • 00:50And I think it's been incredibly rich,
  • 00:54very helpful practical year.
  • 00:56We've strived to be very practical in what
  • 01:01tools we give all of you learner educators,
  • 01:04clinical educators.
  • 01:05So thank you for being here and it's a
  • 01:10wonderful place to finish the series with
  • 01:14this dynamic duo we have here today.
  • 01:17The first of the duo is someone who
  • 01:19I've known for a couple of years
  • 01:21and I have tremendous respect for.
  • 01:23And that's Shaili Gupta from
  • 01:26Internal Medicine.
  • 01:27She is mostly at the VA and she is the
  • 01:33vice chair and director of Diversity,
  • 01:36Equity and Inclusion at the VA
  • 01:38and she has the many roles within
  • 01:41the Department of Medicine.
  • 01:43But she really has a passion
  • 01:45and an interest in equity,
  • 01:47equitable care in dealing with many of
  • 01:50the issues we're going to be seeing today.
  • 01:52So.
  • 01:53So that's shyly.
  • 01:54And her senior partner in crime
  • 01:56is someone who have just had the
  • 01:59pleasure of meeting very recently.
  • 02:01But I already like him a lot,
  • 02:03and I've already even learned how to
  • 02:05properly pronounce his last name.
  • 02:06So he said me right.
  • 02:08So Doctor Ben Mbah is relatively new to Yale.
  • 02:15He's a professor of medicine.
  • 02:17He's the vice chair for DEI in
  • 02:21internal medicine and in the grad
  • 02:24graduate medical education, the GMBC.
  • 02:28So
  • 02:31Doctor Mbach came to us from Chicago
  • 02:35and he was a a great steal as I'm
  • 02:38looking at his CV because he was
  • 02:41incredibly involved in a range of things.
  • 02:44But those that caught my eye from his
  • 02:47very long CV involve clinical teaching,
  • 02:50which is a passion that again Chile and Ben
  • 02:55share in community participation and action.
  • 02:58And the last thing that
  • 03:00I'll mention about his CV,
  • 03:01something that really caught my
  • 03:03eye is that now there is back
  • 03:05in Rush in Chicago a prize,
  • 03:08a coveted award for clinical teaching
  • 03:12called the Ben Amba Teaching Award.
  • 03:15So just to give you a sense of the
  • 03:17likes of folks we are here with.
  • 03:19So I'm going to pass the baton on to them and
  • 03:26take it away, teach us how to upstand
  • 03:29and be upstanders. Shaylee, Ben.
  • 03:32Thank you, Andres.
  • 03:33All right, so let's begin.
  • 03:36This is the the CME code to text
  • 03:41and it's also in the chat if you
  • 03:42wanted to text it for attendance.
  • 03:44So the objectives of the talk
  • 03:47are 4 objectives here that we
  • 03:49are going to try and accomplish.
  • 03:51One is to recognize the prevalence
  • 03:53of identity based offences that
  • 03:56our faculty and trainees face.
  • 03:58Next we will identify the
  • 04:00barriers to response by faculty.
  • 04:02Recognize your role and find
  • 04:05your professional voice.
  • 04:06And then I'll also review some
  • 04:09reporting pathways and resources that
  • 04:11can be used to continue helping all
  • 04:13of us in being better up standards.
  • 04:15And why is this important?
  • 04:17It's because it does matter a
  • 04:20lot to the learning climate,
  • 04:22no matter what the quality of
  • 04:23education we provide and the
  • 04:25kind of research opportunities
  • 04:26we provide to our trainees.
  • 04:28If we cannot provide them a good
  • 04:30healthy work environment and learning
  • 04:32climate and upstand for them,
  • 04:34treat them respectfully but also
  • 04:36make sure that they are treated
  • 04:38respectfully by others too.
  • 04:39It it those parts are essential in
  • 04:41order to create that kind of climate.
  • 04:44The agenda is going to again cover
  • 04:47all those four objectives with the
  • 04:49status to review the identity based defenses,
  • 04:52go over barriers,
  • 04:54strategies and then some practice
  • 04:57scenarios and I'm going to hopefully
  • 05:00have voluntary participants in
  • 05:02the practice scenarios so you
  • 05:04can use your professional voice
  • 05:06right away in addressing some of
  • 05:07the offences that will play out.
  • 05:11So I'll quickly go over the status first.
  • 05:14I initially designed the
  • 05:16diverse survey back in 2020.
  • 05:19It was a funny time to have designed that.
  • 05:22Right around the time is when
  • 05:23we got hit by COVID then it.
  • 05:26It was a survey that was initially
  • 05:29designed to create as a pilot tool
  • 05:31and I introduced that at one single
  • 05:35site at Yale to measure the extent and
  • 05:38areas of identity based offences and it
  • 05:41provided a whole bunch of very rich data.
  • 05:43We were then able to tweak the
  • 05:45survey better and then redistributed
  • 05:47the more solidified survey in 2022
  • 05:50to all different sites which was
  • 05:52distributed to all departments,
  • 05:54all subsections,
  • 05:57all the trainees and faculty.
  • 05:59It had a lot of open and closed
  • 06:01ended questions and we collected
  • 06:03quantitative and qualitative
  • 06:05data which is extremely rich.
  • 06:08So I'm going to share just a few small
  • 06:11highlights because these are helpful
  • 06:13in order to inform our next few slides.
  • 06:17These are just three or four
  • 06:18graphs that I'll share with you.
  • 06:20So who sustained most of the
  • 06:22damage and most of the offences?
  • 06:24You can see that the green bars
  • 06:26represent non white identifying
  • 06:28women and the light green bars here
  • 06:32represent white identifying women.
  • 06:35And you can see that women took the
  • 06:38majority when it came to who was being
  • 06:40subjected to these kind of insults.
  • 06:42And you can see the number of
  • 06:44insults are quite different variety
  • 06:46of them from hurtful and offensive
  • 06:48language to loss of opportunity,
  • 06:50unwelcome physical contact even the.
  • 06:54The next thing to make sure that we
  • 06:57understand is who is the main category
  • 06:59of people who are subjecting and this
  • 07:02this actually came as a surprise to me.
  • 07:05In general,
  • 07:06when you talk about these with
  • 07:08an anyone else,
  • 07:09people usually believe that it is
  • 07:11the patients and patient families
  • 07:12who are the biggest offenders.
  • 07:14But the data spoke otherwise.
  • 07:16The yellow bars,
  • 07:18these giant bars are the total
  • 07:20offences committed towards faculty.
  • 07:22So this is the data from faculty alone.
  • 07:25304 faculty participated in this and
  • 07:29the grey bar represents the offender
  • 07:31which turns out to be faculty offender.
  • 07:33So most of the faculty reported being
  • 07:36subjected to these offences by another
  • 07:39faculty member and the P values were
  • 07:42quite significant across the board
  • 07:44for all different kinds of offences.
  • 07:47If you look at the training data,
  • 07:49this is when trainees reported it,
  • 07:51322 trainees who reported offences
  • 07:54occurring towards them and we
  • 07:56looked at who the offender was.
  • 07:57Here.
  • 07:57I thought this time it would be patients.
  • 08:00The yellow bar again is the total offences,
  • 08:02but again faculty took the
  • 08:04lead in most of the offences.
  • 08:07Hurtful language and verbal
  • 08:09threat was more made by patients,
  • 08:12but hurtful language faculty was
  • 08:14competing pretty well in that too.
  • 08:18This is really,
  • 08:19really important data to to start
  • 08:22addressing because it's so important.
  • 08:24It's low,
  • 08:25low hanging fruit.
  • 08:26These are our faculty members.
  • 08:27We should be able to do a better job in
  • 08:30informing them better,
  • 08:31training them better and making sure
  • 08:33that they understand how they are,
  • 08:36how they're being perceived or how
  • 08:39they are causing hurt and insult.
  • 08:42We also looked at how the experienced
  • 08:46offences compared with the witness
  • 08:48offences and one thing that came out
  • 08:50was that it kind of validated the
  • 08:52people who were reporting experiences
  • 08:54because similar percentages were
  • 08:56being reported as witnessed.
  • 08:58So this is not just some something
  • 09:01people are just reporting and
  • 09:02nothing is actually happening there.
  • 09:04There were similar reports
  • 09:05of it being witnessed.
  • 09:07It is important for two things here to
  • 09:09be paid attention to the two areas where
  • 09:13the witnessing response or witnessing
  • 09:15reports was lower in percentage
  • 09:17compared to what was experienced.
  • 09:19Are this the Gray area?
  • 09:22Sorry, I have gone to the next one.
  • 09:27Do I go to the previous slide?
  • 09:31Sorry,
  • 09:36oh gosh, I'll just keep going.
  • 09:38But I wanted to show you the data
  • 09:41showing how the witness offences
  • 09:43were less in the area of suggestions
  • 09:46not heard because and that suggested
  • 09:49that suggestions are not being heard
  • 09:51by the person who who is offending
  • 09:54but at the same time also others who
  • 09:56are unable to hear the suggestions.
  • 09:58So it creates this opportunity for us
  • 10:00to realize how we should be listening
  • 10:03more that information and that data,
  • 10:05that survey data led me to create the
  • 10:09the diverse trainings that I was able
  • 10:13to create the diverse trainings that
  • 10:16raises up standards and trains you
  • 10:18how to become better up standards.
  • 10:21Part of that is this module that
  • 10:23we're going through now,
  • 10:24but it also includes reenactment
  • 10:27scenarios where we invite faculty
  • 10:29to to play a role in simulated
  • 10:32participants enacting out the data
  • 10:34that we can collected from the survey.
  • 10:37There were scripts written for that and
  • 10:39the SP plays out the part and you are
  • 10:42expected to speak up in that moment.
  • 10:44What we realised from that data was
  • 10:47that people felt that they were able
  • 10:50to actually gain a voice when they
  • 10:52were expected to speak in the moment.
  • 10:55Using your voice makes it more comfortable
  • 10:57for you to reuse your voice in the future,
  • 11:00and that's why it's important to
  • 11:02hopefully keep those trainings running.
  • 11:04So I'll pause here and ask if people
  • 11:07want to share some of their experiences,
  • 11:11things that you have seen,
  • 11:13things that you find bothersome or skills
  • 11:16that you would like to learn most,
  • 11:18or your barriers why you are unable to
  • 11:21respond in in the moment when things occur.
  • 11:24Would anyone like to share?
  • 11:28You could share in the chat as well
  • 11:30if you if that's easier for you.
  • 11:42Perhaps we can narrow down to what
  • 11:44would barriers, What do people perceive
  • 11:46as barriers to being upstanders?
  • 11:57I think people are still digging into lunch.
  • 12:01That's OK. So we can actually discuss
  • 12:03the barriers and hopefully people will
  • 12:05be able to relate to some of those.
  • 12:07Ben, do you want to take over this one?
  • 12:09Yes, if you could just so thank
  • 12:12you everyone, for attending this.
  • 12:14So I'm just going to talk
  • 12:16briefly about the themes,
  • 12:18the the barriers that we we all encounter
  • 12:21that stop us from being upstanders,
  • 12:24that stop us from moving from
  • 12:27being bystanders to upstanders.
  • 12:29So I would consider an upstander to be
  • 12:33a bystander who decides to intervene
  • 12:37in a Safeway when they witness an
  • 12:41insult or an offence or an assault.
  • 12:45So again, an upstander is a bystander who
  • 12:48decides to transform from a bystander
  • 12:51to an upstander by intervening safely.
  • 12:54Now what are possible barriers?
  • 12:55So next, next please.
  • 12:58Shari.
  • 12:59So using the acronym QUAD,
  • 13:02one of the first barriers is,
  • 13:04is just basically questioning the
  • 13:07need to respond and if you next click
  • 13:11please and this is one of the issues
  • 13:14here is perhaps not noticing the offence now.
  • 13:17Egregious offences, be them racial,
  • 13:20be them domestic violence,
  • 13:23be them sexual assault.
  • 13:25They are clearly identifiable
  • 13:27and very easy to see.
  • 13:29But but unfortunately,
  • 13:30egregious offences are just
  • 13:32the tip of the iceberg.
  • 13:35Below the water level,
  • 13:36the bulk of the iceberg is understanding
  • 13:39the whole continuum or the whole
  • 13:42spectrum of possible offences.
  • 13:44So on one end is sexual assault.
  • 13:46But it goes, there's also,
  • 13:48there's sexism, there's microaggressions,
  • 13:50there's stalking, there's cyber harassment,
  • 13:54there's verbal harassment,
  • 13:56there's there's extreme,
  • 13:57there's racial violence at one extreme.
  • 13:59That's the tip of the iceberg.
  • 14:01But then there's the racial comments,
  • 14:03microaggressions, denying opportunities.
  • 14:05So all of those that that's
  • 14:07the whole spectrum.
  • 14:09And So what I would encourage all
  • 14:12of us to do is that if we decide
  • 14:15that we we have our personal value
  • 14:18is to work in an environment that
  • 14:20is safe and inclusive for all.
  • 14:23Then it I think it's in to some
  • 14:25extent incumbent on all of us to
  • 14:28try to understand at least to get
  • 14:30to know what the whole continuum
  • 14:31or spectrum of offences could be
  • 14:33in terms of be I be there racial,
  • 14:35gender sexual orientation ageism.
  • 14:37And just to understand that so that
  • 14:39we are on the lookout and then we are
  • 14:42active participants in ensuring we
  • 14:44have an inclusive culture another barrier.
  • 14:46Next click please Charlie.
  • 14:48Oh oh an example of this So this is
  • 14:50where one may ask what does why does
  • 14:52this need intervention But when you
  • 14:54understand the whole spectrum then
  • 14:56you can see that every little cut
  • 15:00to the offended it's almost like
  • 15:02death by 1000 cuts And I don't think
  • 15:05we should it should not be left up
  • 15:07to the offended to respond which
  • 15:09it's all of us should be able to
  • 15:12respond and support the offended.
  • 15:14Next click, please, Charlie.
  • 15:18So unrelatability, and this has to we all
  • 15:22as individuals have our own worldview,
  • 15:26and that is our own bias.
  • 15:29As we look at things through our bias lenses,
  • 15:31through our lived experience or lack
  • 15:34thereof of lived experience through and
  • 15:36our cultures and sometimes our religion,
  • 15:39our our social environments,
  • 15:41all of those contribute to
  • 15:44what our worldview is.
  • 15:45And so an an example would be for instance,
  • 15:48if I if I grew up in so I grew up
  • 15:53in Nigeria and if I grew up in.
  • 15:55If you're if you're in an environment where
  • 15:57you think and I'm not saying that Nigeria,
  • 15:59this is rampant in Nigeria.
  • 16:01But if you grew up in an environment
  • 16:03where you think and perceive that
  • 16:05sexual harassment, for an example,
  • 16:07is only from a man to a woman,
  • 16:09you may not actually perceive
  • 16:12same gender sexual harassment,
  • 16:14same sex gender harassment.
  • 16:16You may not perceive that as a
  • 16:18problem because you're looking
  • 16:19at it through your own lens.
  • 16:21So again,
  • 16:22incumbent of all of us to to try to be
  • 16:24this should lead to self-awareness of
  • 16:26what our own lens is and so that we can
  • 16:29in effect take double takes and decide,
  • 16:31oh, looking at this,
  • 16:32I'm looking at this through my own lens,
  • 16:34but is this?
  • 16:35Should I take a second look here?
  • 16:37Should I consider intervening?
  • 16:39So next click.
  • 16:40This is the question of if we don't
  • 16:43expand our scope in that way,
  • 16:44then we may be feeling that,
  • 16:45oh,
  • 16:45this is not hurtful because we're
  • 16:47looking at it through our own lens.
  • 16:49Next click please.
  • 16:52Then this is the avoidance.
  • 16:53This is basically a
  • 16:55combination of the hassle bias.
  • 16:57I don't want to get in trouble.
  • 16:58I don't want to see anything because
  • 17:01there may be some hierarchical dynamics.
  • 17:03I'm I'm uncertain who I should talk to.
  • 17:07I just don't want to get involved.
  • 17:08I just want to do my own thing and move on.
  • 17:10And this is next click.
  • 17:12This is the issue of you know,
  • 17:14why is it my job to address this?
  • 17:16Why? Why isn't yield?
  • 17:17Why shouldn't be some office at Yale?
  • 17:19Why me? And then the last theme for
  • 17:22barriers would be next Click, please.
  • 17:25Divided loyalties.
  • 17:26Many times as bystanders,
  • 17:28not as bystanders, we are caught
  • 17:31between the offender and the offended.
  • 17:34Literally.
  • 17:34Sometimes we're friends with both,
  • 17:35sometimes we are answered
  • 17:38to one or the other.
  • 17:39And so this is the problem of
  • 17:41trying to please both parties.
  • 17:43But when it comes to microaggressions
  • 17:45and repeated assaults,
  • 17:48really there's only one victim
  • 17:52in the sense that the offended is
  • 17:54the person that is the priority,
  • 17:56him or her the priority when it
  • 17:58comes to being an upstander.
  • 17:59Now we we we could re educate the offended,
  • 18:03hopefully. And that's the case.
  • 18:04And then eventually everyone,
  • 18:06eventually everything is not
  • 18:08intentional and therefore we can try
  • 18:10to have a more inclusive environment.
  • 18:12Yeah. So. So that's pretty much it.
  • 18:14Just a brief 1 slide on the barriers.
  • 18:17And then next Shirley will take us on
  • 18:19to strategies to use in real time.
  • 18:22Back to you.
  • 18:23Thank
  • 18:24you, Ben. So now that we've
  • 18:26reviewed the barriers, let's start
  • 18:29looking at how do we strategize
  • 18:31to use our professional voice and
  • 18:33actually break our own barriers.
  • 18:38Why is professional voice
  • 18:39important in these situations?
  • 18:40Because it can be used to call out hurtful
  • 18:43and insulting behaviour and language.
  • 18:45At the same time,
  • 18:46you also use that same voice
  • 18:48to support the offended Often,
  • 18:50as you'll see in the strategies,
  • 18:52if you use it well,
  • 18:53you will be able to do both the things
  • 18:56together in the same moment at the same time.
  • 18:59It's important to know
  • 19:00your reporting pathways,
  • 19:03so the strategies of using
  • 19:05your professional voice.
  • 19:07I've split them into four different
  • 19:09categories, direct intervention,
  • 19:10which is usually done in the moment
  • 19:13or it can be done after there
  • 19:16is defending and supporting the
  • 19:18person who's feeling offended.
  • 19:20There are times when you may not
  • 19:23have a direct system or a direct
  • 19:25approach to how to address it.
  • 19:28Those are the times when you can
  • 19:30use delegation and reporting
  • 19:31either to the leadership or to
  • 19:33the DEI leaders and we'll review
  • 19:36some of the reporting pathways.
  • 19:38And the last one is distracting
  • 19:40and de escalating.
  • 19:41This is one that I would hope that
  • 19:44we don't need to use it very often,
  • 19:47but there are times when this is
  • 19:49the only strategy that you can use.
  • 19:50One good example of that is a
  • 19:53patient who does not have a mental
  • 19:55status that would retain anything
  • 19:57that you're trying to coach them.
  • 19:59And in those moments at least,
  • 20:01the least we can do is to de escalate
  • 20:03and to stop the offense from occurring.
  • 20:06So that is the time when we can
  • 20:08use distraction as as a strategy.
  • 20:10The idea is if you see something,
  • 20:14please say or do something.
  • 20:16So let's review some of the strategies.
  • 20:19Direct intervention is by far the
  • 20:22most effective tool among all the
  • 20:25strategies to stop the behaviour
  • 20:27in the moment.
  • 20:28It is the best used one that can stop it,
  • 20:31prevent it and correct the
  • 20:33behaviour for future two.
  • 20:34And you can use several different
  • 20:37ways of direct intervention,
  • 20:40the the least and the smallest.
  • 20:41And the easiest way to do this is just to
  • 20:44have a quick check on the comment or gesture,
  • 20:47or to clarify.
  • 20:48It can be something we used
  • 20:51to teach about saying Ouch.
  • 20:53I feel that Ouch is too light a word,
  • 20:57so sometimes it's good to use the word.
  • 21:00I'm sorry, what did you just say?
  • 21:02It's as simple as that,
  • 21:03and people would usually not even repeat it.
  • 21:07Setting expectations is another
  • 21:09direct intervention tool and
  • 21:11it is done pretty effectively.
  • 21:13You'll see some of these examples.
  • 21:15So let's read a couple of the
  • 21:17the examples of clarifying and
  • 21:19checking the comment or gesture.
  • 21:21One is as simple as what was that.
  • 21:25Another one, if if a patient is referring
  • 21:28to your trainee as sweetie honey,
  • 21:31it can be an immediate correction
  • 21:33in the moment, done gently,
  • 21:35very professionally and then moving on
  • 21:37to the history and physical anyway.
  • 21:40But it makes sure that that patient does
  • 21:43not step any further down in that direction.
  • 21:47So a person,
  • 21:48a patient who's calling your
  • 21:49trainee sweetie or honey,
  • 21:50you could easily say we don't refer to our
  • 21:52physicians or patients in those terms here.
  • 21:54This is Doctor Stein and I am Doctor Singh.
  • 21:58Let's hear one of my other colleagues.
  • 22:00This kind of language is not
  • 22:02acceptable in our healthcare system.
  • 22:03We are here to provide care for
  • 22:05you and this must be done in
  • 22:06a mutually respectful setting.
  • 22:10That setting, tone and setting of the
  • 22:13expectations is one of the words that
  • 22:15these sentences and these statements
  • 22:17about this kind of language is not
  • 22:19acceptable in our healthcare system.
  • 22:21I want all of you to be able to say
  • 22:23that even if you say it in the privacy
  • 22:25of your car, if you say it once,
  • 22:27you'll be able to say it in the real moment.
  • 22:29It is important to say it once verbally.
  • 22:34The 3rd way of direct intervention is
  • 22:37naming the offence, and usually all
  • 22:38three of these are done at the same time.
  • 22:41But naming the offence is important,
  • 22:43especially for situations, for example,
  • 22:46when people are not even aware,
  • 22:48or at least not that you can see that
  • 22:51they're aware of what they say is offensive.
  • 22:53And when you call out the offense,
  • 22:55many people would immediately realize
  • 22:57that what they said was perceived
  • 22:59this way and would check it.
  • 23:01Let's hear someone else say this.
  • 23:03Hey Morgan, those comments on accent
  • 23:05and country of origin that you made
  • 23:07to Tianmin made me feel uncomfortable
  • 23:09and likely made him feel unwelcome.
  • 23:11I'm sure you did not mean to offend him,
  • 23:13but it may be a good idea to reach
  • 23:16out to him and clarify.
  • 23:17Notice that you can do this in that
  • 23:20moment where you can immediately
  • 23:22correct when the behaviour is occurring,
  • 23:24or you can do it after.
  • 23:25That's also a direct intervention.
  • 23:27You're just talking to your colleague
  • 23:29in privacy so that they don't feel
  • 23:31too too disrespected because you
  • 23:33checked them right away.
  • 23:34If you feel more comfortable
  • 23:36checking them later,
  • 23:37or at least sharing that what they said
  • 23:39was something that came across that way,
  • 23:41it can be easily done and then it's up
  • 23:44to them to go ahead and correct it.
  • 23:47The second D is defendant support.
  • 23:50Defending and supporting is something
  • 23:52that's best used for when you're noticing
  • 23:55someone else's suggestions not being heard,
  • 23:58someone else not being included in a
  • 24:01conversation or in an opportunity,
  • 24:03a position or a role not being
  • 24:06offered to someone.
  • 24:07A patient questioning A
  • 24:09trainee's credentials,
  • 24:11a nurse double checking a
  • 24:13trainees instructions.
  • 24:14All these are some specific situations where
  • 24:19you can use the defendant support strategy.
  • 24:22So let's use some of these.
  • 24:25The idea is to highlight the
  • 24:27contributions of someone, for example.
  • 24:29Oh,
  • 24:29I'm glad you're bringing up the same
  • 24:31suggestion that Liz did a few minutes ago.
  • 24:34I love this idea too.
  • 24:36Liz,
  • 24:36can you share a bit more about how
  • 24:38this could be implemented?
  • 24:40Notice that this person uses this
  • 24:44strategy so beautifully without
  • 24:46challenging or offending the offender.
  • 24:48So let's say you're in a section meeting.
  • 24:50A section chief is hearing everyone and
  • 24:53Liz goes ahead and suggests something.
  • 24:56That was a brilliant new idea.
  • 24:583 minutes later,
  • 24:59the section chief is presenting
  • 25:01that as their own idea.
  • 25:02You don't want to call, call it out perhaps,
  • 25:05but you can easily say, oh,
  • 25:06I'm glad you said that I was going
  • 25:08to say the same thing.
  • 25:09I love Liz's idea.
  • 25:11And then invite Liz into the conversation.
  • 25:14The other thing that defending and
  • 25:17supporting does is actually helps
  • 25:19you recognize the value of someone
  • 25:21and highlighted to the others too.
  • 25:23Susie has been one of our most
  • 25:25productive colleagues.
  • 25:26I'm so impressed by her thoughtful
  • 25:29ideas or I'm so curious to hear
  • 25:32Jamal's thoughts on this.
  • 25:33Jamal, how should we approach this?
  • 25:36These are both ways to incorporate
  • 25:39and invite people.
  • 25:40Draw them back into a conversation
  • 25:42that they have been marginalized from,
  • 25:44people whose ideas are not being heard,
  • 25:46or they just don't feel comfortable
  • 25:47enough to speak anymore because
  • 25:49they have been sidelined so often.
  • 25:51This is one way of you inviting
  • 25:52them back into the conversation.
  • 25:57The main idea for all these strategies
  • 25:59for defendant support is to defend,
  • 26:02lift and support all three at the same time.
  • 26:06We can do that in in another situation
  • 26:10where the slide just keeps jumping.
  • 26:12But let's say a nurse is not
  • 26:16listening to a training suggestions.
  • 26:18You can use your voice and say
  • 26:22this physician is one of the most
  • 26:24excellent ones that we've had.
  • 26:25She's acting in phenomenal caregiver
  • 26:27and I learn from her every day.
  • 26:30Is there something specific that
  • 26:32wasn't clear in her instructions?
  • 26:34It's something that helps you
  • 26:35highlight the point that that that
  • 26:38person has the right credentials
  • 26:39that you respect them and you expect
  • 26:42the nurse to to respect them.
  • 26:43So we'll go the over the third D this is
  • 26:46the delegation on reporting pathways.
  • 26:48It has taken a massive amount of work
  • 26:50in the last three years to create and
  • 26:53consolidate these reporting pathways.
  • 26:54There were some structures already
  • 26:57in place about five years ago,
  • 27:00but very few,
  • 27:01even those were great to have
  • 27:04consolidated and really clarified so
  • 27:05that the pathways are clear to everyone.
  • 27:08If you're in doubt and you don't
  • 27:10know when you see an offence about
  • 27:12who the reporting person would be,
  • 27:14who should you reach out to?
  • 27:15You can always seek direction
  • 27:17from your leadership or from the
  • 27:20Dai leader of that section.
  • 27:21And there's a variety of these structures
  • 27:23that deal with different things and
  • 27:25we'll go over the reporting pathways,
  • 27:27but they include from everyone
  • 27:29from department section,
  • 27:30leadership all the way to
  • 27:32Title 9 office or OAPD.
  • 27:38So let's review some of the reporting
  • 27:39back base and there will be a
  • 27:42handout that will contain all these.
  • 27:43So you don't have to
  • 27:45memorize these right now.
  • 27:46I've put them in the handout.
  • 27:48Linda, if you would be able to put the
  • 27:50handout in the chat that would be great.
  • 27:52So in cases of abusive behaviour or language,
  • 27:54if you have noticed someone use
  • 27:57abusive behaviour and language
  • 27:59who is a faculty member,
  • 28:01you may have decided to check
  • 28:02them or talk to them in private.
  • 28:04But if you want to then seek further
  • 28:07advice and you want to perhaps pick it up,
  • 28:09the best way to do it is to take
  • 28:13it to the department leadership.
  • 28:14If it is a patient who's using
  • 28:16abusive behaviour and language,
  • 28:17it should be reported to the Workplace
  • 28:20Violence Committee which is called
  • 28:21the Disruptive Behaviour Committee,
  • 28:22DBC at the VA and work with
  • 28:26Violence Committee at York St.
  • 28:28Harassment Prevention Committee is
  • 28:30another committee that gets involved.
  • 28:32SAFER is the new Rs Solutions and
  • 28:36it's beautifully designed now.
  • 28:37If you ever use that you'll see
  • 28:39it has very great,
  • 28:40very good structure where it self
  • 28:42guides you as you use it so that
  • 28:45you can report all different kinds
  • 28:47of offences that are listed here.
  • 28:49JPSR is the VA form format of
  • 28:52the safer and then of course
  • 28:55your department leadership.
  • 28:57In cases of unprofessional conduct
  • 28:59or workplace bullying by a faculty,
  • 29:01it's best to talk to your leadership
  • 29:03first the section chief to start
  • 29:05with or ADEI leader and then they
  • 29:08can then decide if that needs to be
  • 29:11upgraded and taken up to the OAPD
  • 29:14or to HR if there is verbal threat
  • 29:17or violence or assault occurring.
  • 29:19The best of course this you know
  • 29:21already would be hospital security
  • 29:22and police to be called.
  • 29:24Workplace violence.
  • 29:25Committee actively gets involved
  • 29:27in these things and same does the
  • 29:30Disruptive Behaviour Committee.
  • 29:32I want to make sure to highlight the
  • 29:34reporting pathways for sexual harassment,
  • 29:36which are slightly different when
  • 29:38the harasser is patient versus when
  • 29:41it's an employee or a faculty member.
  • 29:43When the sexual harasser is a patient,
  • 29:46it goes it's best to report it in
  • 29:49immediately through SAFER because
  • 29:50it actually documents it.
  • 29:52That part is more critical than
  • 29:55I can say it is.
  • 29:57It.
  • 29:58It's so important to document it right away,
  • 30:01and also because it creates that report
  • 30:04in the freshest way where memories
  • 30:06are fresh and you can put it in there.
  • 30:09DBC and HPC are the same body
  • 30:11with the same kind of system,
  • 30:13reporting pathways that are
  • 30:14created at the VA.
  • 30:16You can easily use them from the website
  • 30:20for a patient who is sexual harasser.
  • 30:23Nurse leadership always considers it
  • 30:25important for them to be informed
  • 30:28and understand why this is important.
  • 30:31Most of the caregiving for any
  • 30:34hospitalized patient is actually
  • 30:35provided by nurses.
  • 30:36Out of the 24 hours,
  • 30:37I think physicians are providing
  • 30:39that care at most for
  • 30:40an hour. The rest of the 23 hours,
  • 30:42it's nurses.
  • 30:43So if there is a sexual harassment
  • 30:45that's occurring from a patient,
  • 30:47it is very important for nurses to
  • 30:49know so that they can then create flags,
  • 30:52make their own nurses aware and
  • 30:55train train better while they're also
  • 30:58addressing talking to the patient
  • 31:00and getting the workplace violence
  • 31:02committee to address the patient.
  • 31:04Program and form leadership are often
  • 31:06good to inform for trainees who are
  • 31:09being sexually harassed by patients.
  • 31:11And then SHARE and CT Alliance.
  • 31:13I want to make sure that you
  • 31:15understand what those are.
  • 31:16These are the supporting structures.
  • 31:19They're not the report report bodies,
  • 31:21they are support structures.
  • 31:23SHARE is the University,
  • 31:25Yale affiliated through the Title 9 office.
  • 31:30It actually provides more support
  • 31:32to students because they are
  • 31:35their primary responsibility,
  • 31:36but they are happy to hear and
  • 31:38provide support to residents
  • 31:40and fellows if we call them.
  • 31:42CT Alliance is a non profit organization
  • 31:45that is active in Connecticut
  • 31:47and we were able to establish a
  • 31:50relationship with them two years
  • 31:52ago because SHARE was overburdened
  • 31:54with cases that they were having
  • 31:56to hear about from all over the the
  • 31:59York Street site and other sites.
  • 32:02When their immediate responsibility
  • 32:04for staff based on staffing
  • 32:06was only towards students.
  • 32:07The CT Alliance is actually one of the
  • 32:10most beautiful resources that I've had
  • 32:12and if you ever need information on them,
  • 32:14you can reach out to me.
  • 32:17Sexual harassment by employee.
  • 32:19It could be a non physician employee
  • 32:22or it could be a physician employee.
  • 32:24The pathway is to you can pursue
  • 32:28safer or first seek counsel from OAPD.
  • 32:31How to report further or what?
  • 32:33If you want to create and use
  • 32:36the online reporting system,
  • 32:38it's available right on the OAPD website.
  • 32:42HR usually gets in involved
  • 32:43and so does the Equal Employee
  • 32:45Opportunity Office at the VA.
  • 32:47They would get involved.
  • 32:49If it is specially if it's a non
  • 32:51physician staff who is doing that,
  • 32:53they would get involved.
  • 32:55And most of this is done
  • 32:57as an investigation first.
  • 32:59It's not just if someone said it,
  • 33:01this is you know a fireable offence.
  • 33:04It is done in a very cognizant from
  • 33:07and formed way where both the offended
  • 33:09and the offender are equally supported
  • 33:12and an investigation is completed.
  • 33:15The support pathway for this is
  • 33:17again share and CT alliance,
  • 33:19lots of opportunity.
  • 33:19I hope that we will all be able to
  • 33:22invite people into discussions ourselves.
  • 33:24But again department, section,
  • 33:26leadership are great resources.
  • 33:30So word about sexual harassment before we
  • 33:33move on to the 4th T Yale faculty and VA
  • 33:36employees are expected to report sexual
  • 33:39harassment when they're aware of it.
  • 33:42So if a Co worker or a trainee
  • 33:44report sexual harassment to you,
  • 33:46in addition to thinking about
  • 33:48using the reporting pathways,
  • 33:50the first important thing is to listen
  • 33:53and hopefully not ask too many questions.
  • 33:56This is important because sexual
  • 34:00harassment related experiences
  • 34:03are best repeated at most ones.
  • 34:06So if that person is going to have to
  • 34:09report it to an HR investigator or a
  • 34:12police investigator or OAPD or whoever
  • 34:14else is going to actually hear it.
  • 34:17Unless we really need to know
  • 34:20some of the details in order to
  • 34:22decide where this finally goes,
  • 34:24it is not necessary for us to
  • 34:26really hear all the details.
  • 34:27It should be best heard by people who can
  • 34:30decide how to proceed to the next step.
  • 34:33ADEI leader in your section a program
  • 34:36leadership person who is DEI expert
  • 34:38in this or sexual harassment case
  • 34:41expert would be better to to be
  • 34:43that person and give them autonomy.
  • 34:46Many trainees who have sustained
  • 34:48this kind of harassment don't want
  • 34:51to report it themselves, but many do.
  • 34:53It would be important to know do they
  • 34:55want to be the people reporting it and
  • 34:56you can share the reporting structure
  • 34:58with them and they can then report it.
  • 35:01Or do they want it to be reported
  • 35:04anonymously by you where you would have
  • 35:06to do that without using their name
  • 35:10it. It's also important at the same
  • 35:11time to check in and make sure that
  • 35:13their Wellness is taken care of,
  • 35:15that they have someone providing Wellness
  • 35:17support and to give them the contact
  • 35:20information for share or for CT Alliance.
  • 35:22It's one of the most egregious and the
  • 35:26most sustaining offence because most
  • 35:29people who sustain it would revisit it
  • 35:32and get triggered and re traumatized
  • 35:35several times two years after that.
  • 35:39The 4th D is distract and disrupt
  • 35:42and this is, like I said,
  • 35:43it's used for patients who
  • 35:45have cognitive deficits,
  • 35:46behavioral challenges.
  • 35:48It's just a small strategy to
  • 35:49at least stop the thing that's
  • 35:51occurring in that moment so that
  • 35:53the person who's getting offended
  • 35:54does not sustain even more hurt.
  • 35:58So it's disrupting the stream
  • 36:00and changing the direction.
  • 36:01We're not here to talk about that.
  • 36:03Let's talk about
  • 36:04your chest pain.
  • 36:08What about the new figures
  • 36:09from the data set? Why
  • 36:11don't we look at those?
  • 36:13So this the second one,
  • 36:14what about the new figures from
  • 36:16the data set is not something
  • 36:18that you're saying to a patient,
  • 36:19but sometimes when you're in a in
  • 36:22a situation where the hierarchy
  • 36:23and the power dynamic is such that
  • 36:26it's hard to intervene directly,
  • 36:28sometimes destruction itself would
  • 36:30at least stop it and take the
  • 36:32conversation in a different direction.
  • 36:36Racism and sexism are not psychiatric
  • 36:39disorders even for patients
  • 36:41who have cognitive deficits.
  • 36:43The what we have seen and this is proven
  • 36:48when we had several such insults occurring
  • 36:51in the Vaer where in the psych ER.
  • 36:54So the psych ER we're seeing a
  • 36:56lot of these insults where the
  • 36:58N word was used against nurses.
  • 37:00A lot of different insults were thrown on
  • 37:02a very routine fashion by by patients.
  • 37:05Once we implemented these four DS,
  • 37:08including the distract and disrupt,
  • 37:11these diminished significantly to
  • 37:1320% because even when the patient
  • 37:16is not with it intoxicated or having
  • 37:19a cognitive deficit event,
  • 37:21they are still able to retain
  • 37:23what you're telling them.
  • 37:23This is not accepted here by which is
  • 37:27direct intervention or when you disrupt it.
  • 37:30It is important that we do that
  • 37:32at least to stop the damage,
  • 37:35so we'll try and do some practice
  • 37:37scenarios now.
  • 37:40The idea is for me to see if someone would
  • 37:46perhaps volunteer.
  • 37:47I'm going to play out some scenarios
  • 37:50and Ben and I will take the lead
  • 37:52in prompting you to see if you
  • 37:55can use your professional voice.
  • 37:56So I'll introduce the first scenario.
  • 37:59When we go into this,
  • 38:01the main strategy is just to review again.
  • 38:04For direct intervention you would use
  • 38:06clarifying or checking the comment
  • 38:08or gesture, setting expectations,
  • 38:10naming the offence For defending
  • 38:13and supporting.
  • 38:14Highlight contributions,
  • 38:15recognize value, basically your defend,
  • 38:18lift support and you can use any of
  • 38:21these in any of these scenarios.
  • 38:23Delegation and report.
  • 38:24Tell us a little bit if you are
  • 38:26thinking of perhaps this is something
  • 38:29that would go to that reporting
  • 38:31pathway and then distracting and
  • 38:33de escalating so we can start.
  • 38:35Is there a volunteer for the first scenario?
  • 38:38Before I play it?
  • 38:47I volunteer his tribute.
  • 38:49Awesome. Thank you so much.
  • 38:51This is wonderful.
  • 38:52So you are in the room.
  • 38:54You are this physician
  • 38:55who's standing right here,
  • 38:57and you're in with a patient who is
  • 39:00a major endowment donor to Yale who
  • 39:03unfortunately had to come to the
  • 39:05resident clinic today because of an
  • 39:06emergent visit that they had to make.
  • 39:08Usually they end up just seeing you alone.
  • 39:11She's here and you have a trainee
  • 39:14who's standing right here.
  • 39:15You'll see her as I play the scenario.
  • 39:17The trainee's name is Doctor White
  • 39:20and the patient has already said some
  • 39:23things to kind of challenge the name of
  • 39:27challenging the name of that trainee,
  • 39:29making fun.
  • 39:30And you have hopefully checked that.
  • 39:32But now we are at the point where the
  • 39:36trainee is going to examine the patient.
  • 39:39And let's see if you can you
  • 39:42tell me how you would address it.
  • 39:44So let's play it.
  • 39:50Go ahead, Doctor
  • 39:53White, can you volume up? Yeah.
  • 39:55I don't know what happened to the volume.
  • 40:00OK, back off, back off. You know,
  • 40:04I'm not your kind that you can
  • 40:06treat me so roughly. I
  • 40:08mean, where did where
  • 40:10did you even go to school?
  • 40:11I couldn't have been
  • 40:12here. So this was odd because it was
  • 40:15playing beautifully for the video
  • 40:16and the audio part before, right.
  • 40:19You want to just maybe stop it
  • 40:22and restart it then. I mean,
  • 40:24go out of screen share and try again.
  • 40:26I don't. Hopefully. Yeah,
  • 40:29yeah. Or maybe even try without the
  • 40:32optimizing the sound. You think undress.
  • 40:36Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Because maybe
  • 40:37because we played last time. Yeah,
  • 40:39yeah, Maybe that's the problem.
  • 40:42Let me do that without optimizing it.
  • 40:50OK. You can see the screen, right? Yes,
  • 40:59No, no. And the and the video is choppy.
  • 41:02I'll be the patient. So the patient,
  • 41:06the Doctor White is leaning towards the
  • 41:09patient now ready to examine the knee
  • 41:11which is the reason for this visit.
  • 41:13And the patient basically says go
  • 41:15ahead Doctor White first making fun
  • 41:18of the patient of the trainee's name
  • 41:20because she has already made fun
  • 41:22of that before, and then says OK,
  • 41:23you can go ahead and examine me.
  • 41:25Doctor White then examines the knee and
  • 41:28has barely touched it and is trying
  • 41:30to manipulate it just a little bit.
  • 41:31When the patient feels the pain and
  • 41:34screams out at the trainee saying
  • 41:38I'm not your kind,
  • 41:39that you can touch me this way,
  • 41:42you have to be gentle with me.
  • 41:44Where do you even go to school?
  • 41:46Certainly not here.
  • 41:48And she's looking at you,
  • 41:50trying to make you an ally because she
  • 41:52thinks that you can relate to her.
  • 41:54You went to school here,
  • 41:55you she can identify with and she says
  • 41:58she clearly didn't go to school here,
  • 42:00did she? And then ends up saying,
  • 42:04go back to your school,
  • 42:06go back to your country, Get out of here.
  • 42:09What would you say or do?
  • 42:14OK, so sorry. Who was the volunteer?
  • 42:18I was the volunteer.
  • 42:20OK Phillip, Is I I see your name?
  • 42:22Phillip, Is that correct?
  • 42:23Yeah, That's great. OK.
  • 42:25So Phillip, if I can just ask,
  • 42:27do you, do you see any offense
  • 42:29committed in this scenario,
  • 42:34sort of multiple offenses using
  • 42:36that the using the patient,
  • 42:39the patient's race as a as
  • 42:42a doorway to offend and also
  • 42:47apparently her apparent age and
  • 42:50then also her position.
  • 42:52So I think those three things
  • 42:55are being used
  • 42:57are are being offended. Absolutely.
  • 42:59So placing yourself in the in the
  • 43:02duct on the white coat
  • 43:04in the real in real time.
  • 43:06What strategies do you think you
  • 43:08would what voice would you be able to
  • 43:10use or do you think you would use.
  • 43:13I would say something along the
  • 43:16lines of whatever the patient's name is.
  • 43:19You know, ma'am, I can tell that you're
  • 43:20in a lot of pain right now, but that's
  • 43:22no excuse for
  • 43:23you to speak to this physician this way.
  • 43:26She's simply trying to help you.
  • 43:29And I would sort of kind of go right there.
  • 43:33So you kind of start things.
  • 43:35How does that sound? Yeah.
  • 43:38So that's basically you're going
  • 43:40straight at it directly, I mean,
  • 43:42politely but directly intervening and
  • 43:44saying that this is not acceptable in our,
  • 43:46in our health system.
  • 43:48And I like that you're starting
  • 43:50with acknowledging the pain,
  • 43:53so, so I think that's excellent.
  • 43:54There's also room to to,
  • 43:57I would say there's room to to defend
  • 43:59and support but I I do agree that after
  • 44:01the direct intervention hopefully
  • 44:02that will nip it in the in the board.
  • 44:08Some things I would say as an as a
  • 44:11upstander just some general things.
  • 44:13When you notice an offence,
  • 44:16it's best to speak for yourself.
  • 44:21In other words to say,
  • 44:23I know you're in a lot of pain,
  • 44:25man, I do not think you.
  • 44:27I I don't think,
  • 44:28I mean this one is different.
  • 44:29You can say there's no need to
  • 44:31talk to the trainee like that.
  • 44:33Doctor White is,
  • 44:34is simply here to help you, etcetera.
  • 44:36But depending on the scenario,
  • 44:37sometimes because for instance,
  • 44:38if it was something that you, you know,
  • 44:41let's say it was another kind of
  • 44:43racial scenario where you said,
  • 44:44oh, I don't think,
  • 44:47I don't think
  • 44:50Mr. John being a black man
  • 44:52like what you said. Right.
  • 44:54So rather than that, it would be like,
  • 44:56I don't think what you said is acceptable.
  • 44:58I don't think what you said,
  • 44:59I think what you said is, is,
  • 45:03is it's is there a racial microaggression,
  • 45:08something like that.
  • 45:09But but yeah, So directly intervene.
  • 45:11Does anybody else,
  • 45:13thank you very much,
  • 45:13Philip, directly intervene?
  • 45:14Does anybody else want to share
  • 45:16what they would say before
  • 45:18we move on to another case?
  • 45:20Yeah, this is Fred Chrome.
  • 45:24I have a little problem with this
  • 45:27case and it's an ethical problem
  • 45:29that as offensive as the patient is,
  • 45:33as out of line as she is, she's expect.
  • 45:38She's expressed a preference, hasn't she?
  • 45:41Even though she's done it in a rather
  • 45:43foul way, she says I do not want you
  • 45:46to touch me if this is her knee.
  • 45:48If this is an intimate exam,
  • 45:51you then have to stop and say
  • 45:55should I withdraw.
  • 45:56The patient has told me she does
  • 45:59not want me examining her ethically.
  • 46:01If I am patient centered,
  • 46:04regardless of what I think about the patient,
  • 46:07I have to take that into account.
  • 46:09And I have been in,
  • 46:11I remember years ago as a trainee starting,
  • 46:16you know, into a routine pelvic
  • 46:20for a patient to do screening and
  • 46:23she looked very uncomfortable and
  • 46:25I said is there anything wrong?
  • 46:28She said, I'm really not happy
  • 46:30with a man doing this exam.
  • 46:32I want a woman.
  • 46:34Now.
  • 46:34I went back and I told my staff and she
  • 46:37said that's the most absurd thing I heard.
  • 46:39You tell her that you're a trainee
  • 46:41and you're here to get experience
  • 46:44and her preference doesn't count.
  • 46:46I said I'm sorry, I can't do that.
  • 46:50I see a little of the same happening here.
  • 46:53And I wonder how an ethicist
  • 46:54would respond to it.
  • 46:57Very good point there, Frederick.
  • 46:59Thank you. I, I, I would say
  • 47:01you, you you need a contrarian
  • 47:03in every group, right? Yes,
  • 47:04Yes, yes. No, no, no.
  • 47:06Thank you for bringing that up.
  • 47:07I would say there are two things.
  • 47:08So patience, yes,
  • 47:10patience can to patience can to some
  • 47:14extent where services are available
  • 47:17and can be accommodated requests
  • 47:20certain care from certain individuals.
  • 47:23But what patients cannot do is be abusive
  • 47:27about it in the way they go about it.
  • 47:29For instance,
  • 47:32ultimately patients can switch physicians.
  • 47:34Patients can say at some point I'd
  • 47:36rather have a woman and then if we have,
  • 47:38if if we have a,
  • 47:39a a female physician that's available
  • 47:41and willing to look after the patient,
  • 47:43then that can occur.
  • 47:44But that we don't always have
  • 47:47those options in real time.
  • 47:49You know,
  • 47:49especially when it comes if you're
  • 47:52a trauma center and level 1 trauma
  • 47:55and at those at that time most
  • 47:57patients are not that choosy at all.
  • 48:00But but I do take your point.
  • 48:02So I I think the patient does have the
  • 48:04right to request a different service.
  • 48:06But even before the trainee had started,
  • 48:08she was already, I think,
  • 48:09being a bit abusive.
  • 48:10Yeah,
  • 48:11I think both things can be true.
  • 48:14Yeah, that and I think,
  • 48:17you know somebody should address in
  • 48:20a polite manner as I think it was
  • 48:24Philip who did you know and had a very,
  • 48:27very excellent response to say,
  • 48:30you know, I'm sorry for your pain but
  • 48:35it's not appropriate to be abusive to
  • 48:38to students or members of the staff.
  • 48:41Now then the other thing kicks in.
  • 48:43So these are not mutually exclusive.
  • 48:46That that's my only thought and
  • 48:49I'll be quiet. Oh no,
  • 48:52thank you. Thanks for your confusion.
  • 48:54Any other comments? Yeah, sure.
  • 48:57Ben, may I speak to just.
  • 48:58Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
  • 49:00So you bring up a great point.
  • 49:02And I agree with Ben.
  • 49:03What he said.
  • 49:04I think it's just very important
  • 49:05to find out the reason.
  • 49:07So if a patient is asking for a
  • 49:09different provider because they they
  • 49:10have sustained sexual harassment in
  • 49:11the past and now they get triggered
  • 49:14every time a male provider touches
  • 49:15their genitals or breasts and even
  • 49:17if it's a physician doing that,
  • 49:19they get triggered.
  • 49:20That's a completely different
  • 49:22reason compared to someone who is
  • 49:24clearly being racist and is throwing
  • 49:26the the trainee out of the room
  • 49:27saying go back to your own country,
  • 49:30where did you even get educated?
  • 49:32That is blatant racism.
  • 49:33So I think you can definitely put
  • 49:35your foot down there and it it doesn't
  • 49:38have to be that we have to throw
  • 49:40the trainee at them because it is
  • 49:42very possible that that patient may
  • 49:44remain offensive to that trainee.
  • 49:46So by forcing that relationship,
  • 49:48we are forcing the trainee to continue
  • 49:50sustaining that kind of consult.
  • 49:52But you have to check that behavior,
  • 49:54you have to call it out,
  • 49:55you have to name the offense,
  • 49:57tell them this is not the expectation
  • 49:59and then ask the trainee to make
  • 50:01the autonomous decision if they
  • 50:02still want to continue providing
  • 50:04care to that patient.
  • 50:05So
  • 50:05I I I think that's exactly the right thing.
  • 50:10Not, not that you needed me to tell you
  • 50:12that, but as I was listening to you,
  • 50:14I thought that's exactly right.
  • 50:17Yeah. But thank you both of you,
  • 50:20Philip and Fred for for speaking up.
  • 50:22I hope we will have another
  • 50:24volunteer for the next one.
  • 50:26Can I shall I leave your your call,
  • 50:29But I think that in the last
  • 50:31five minutes or 6 minutes,
  • 50:33we should also leave a minute or
  • 50:35two to file to fill the evaluation.
  • 50:38And my suggestion would be not to
  • 50:39leave that to the very last minute,
  • 50:41but maybe do the evaluation now.
  • 50:43And if you know, if everybody does that,
  • 50:45then we can see the the next case or two.
  • 50:48Anyway, just a thought,
  • 50:49yeah, no that's good.
  • 50:50So what I'll do is I'm going to
  • 50:53stop sharing and just talk to people
  • 50:55because it's important for me to like
  • 50:58actually see people when we talk.
  • 50:59And I can give you another scenario,
  • 51:03because the video and audio are not
  • 51:05behaving themselves anyway, so will Ben.
  • 51:07Is it OK if we just do one more and then
  • 51:11we just open up the open up the floor
  • 51:14so the next one, let's say a trainee,
  • 51:17comes to you and report,
  • 51:19starts reporting in successive fashion.
  • 51:22She initially comes to you.
  • 51:24You are their supervisor.
  • 51:26She trusts you.
  • 51:27She's been your mentee for for a
  • 51:29while now and she comes to you.
  • 51:31She tells you that I was examining a
  • 51:34patient today in the on my clinical service.
  • 51:37I was with my attending physician and
  • 51:39as I was telling the patient about
  • 51:41what the next steps are going to be,
  • 51:44the patient winked at me.
  • 51:45My attending saw it but did not say anything.
  • 51:49Would you say anything at this
  • 51:50time if you were the attending,
  • 51:52let's say if you were in the room
  • 51:55with that patient and the trainee,
  • 51:58would you have said anything for a wink?
  • 52:07Does anyone want to volunteer?
  • 52:09Because I'm going to go to the next
  • 52:11step to this, so if someone wants
  • 52:12to volunteer that would be great.
  • 52:17Can you repeat the specific question?
  • 52:19I I heard the case but I
  • 52:20didn't hear the question. So
  • 52:21a trainee is reporting that she
  • 52:23was running on a patient on the
  • 52:25inpatient floor with her attending.
  • 52:27They went into the room,
  • 52:28they were talking to the patient and
  • 52:30the patient winked at the trainee.
  • 52:31It's a female trainee.
  • 52:33She was winked at.
  • 52:34The attending is a male doctor.
  • 52:36He saw it. Let's say you were in
  • 52:40the room with being the attending.
  • 52:42Would you have said anything if the
  • 52:44if a patient winked at your training
  • 52:48and it was a suggestive wink.
  • 52:50It was not a wink. As to Oh yeah,
  • 52:52we'll both we both know that
  • 52:54we eat salt. It's not that.
  • 52:56That was gonna be my first question is,
  • 52:59you know, is this. My first instinct
  • 53:01would be to say, I'm Jordan
  • 53:03Zinn, by the way, from the VA,
  • 53:05My first instinct would be to say,
  • 53:07did you just wink? Did you wink?
  • 53:09Like did this just happen?
  • 53:10And then to try and figure out, like,
  • 53:12all right, what kind of a wink was this?
  • 53:14But I've been in this situation
  • 53:17before and I have failed to do it.
  • 53:19I've let it slide and
  • 53:20then regretted it later.
  • 53:22So I would hope that I would say
  • 53:25something like, did you just wink?
  • 53:26Did this happen?
  • 53:27And if they say yeah, I would say
  • 53:29we we can't do that here
  • 53:32tell me why you regretted it later.
  • 53:36Wait what What's that?
  • 53:38Why did you regret it later?
  • 53:40Well I talked with the my student
  • 53:42later and I said I in my in the
  • 53:45case I'm thinking of it was
  • 53:47AI think he said cutie to her
  • 53:49instead of her name. And I
  • 53:52was, I didn't, didn't say anything.
  • 53:54But later I took her aside and
  • 53:56I said that probably didn't feel
  • 53:57very good that he said that.
  • 53:59And she said, no, it did not.
  • 54:01And I think I said,
  • 54:02were you wanting me to maybe
  • 54:04do something about that?
  • 54:05And she said, well, you know, maybe
  • 54:07she didn't want to, to get
  • 54:09me angry as a supervisor.
  • 54:11But I sensed from her that
  • 54:13she wished I had done more.
  • 54:16And then I went home that day thinking,
  • 54:18I gotta, I gotta think about
  • 54:20this a little bit more.
  • 54:21I can't just brush it off, Charlie.
  • 54:23I can just share something.
  • 54:25Just this morning I'm on
  • 54:26service just rounding.
  • 54:27I had a patient who has,
  • 54:30who has dementia as one of many,
  • 54:32many medical problems.
  • 54:33And I was there standing on the right.
  • 54:35The nurse was standing on
  • 54:36the left doing something.
  • 54:37And the patients,
  • 54:37I was talking to him and he says,
  • 54:39Oh, yeah, he's he's OK today as
  • 54:41long as he can get to flirt with
  • 54:43the pretty nurses in quote. Right.
  • 54:45And so even though he has dementia,
  • 54:47I'm just trying to go to your point.
  • 54:48And I said, you know, Mr.
  • 54:50Suso, And so that is not appropriate.
  • 54:53That's not what we're here for.
  • 54:56Everyone's here to help you
  • 54:57and you're here to get help.
  • 54:58And he stopped it, right.
  • 54:59Even though he had his dementia,
  • 55:01he completely stopped it.
  • 55:02And he said even as he was leaving,
  • 55:03he was like, OK,
  • 55:04I know you guys don't appreciate
  • 55:06my funny jokes and I didn't laugh
  • 55:08and and but he was able to stop it
  • 55:10right there despite the fact that
  • 55:11there was some cognitive issues.
  • 55:13So this is important and I'll quickly
  • 55:15finish because we are literally on time,
  • 55:17but it's important because
  • 55:19this actually occurred.
  • 55:20A patient winked the first
  • 55:22day wasn't checked.
  • 55:24The next day when they were
  • 55:25examining the patient,
  • 55:26the patient lifted his shirt all
  • 55:27the way and said, yeah, go ahead and
  • 55:29touch me anywhere wasn't checked.
  • 55:30The attending still did not say anything.
  • 55:33The the trainee went ahead
  • 55:34and examined the patient.
  • 55:36The third day she was pre
  • 55:37dawning at 6:00 in the morning.
  • 55:38There was no one else in the room.
  • 55:40The patient pulled her into the bed,
  • 55:42fondled her.
  • 55:43It was the most traumatic experience.
  • 55:46Could this have been checked if the
  • 55:48the attending had spoken at the wink?
  • 55:49We don't know.
  • 55:51But that is why it's important.
  • 55:53When you notice something
  • 55:55which is even a gesture,
  • 55:57if you call it out and you check,
  • 55:59hopefully we'll be able to prevent
  • 56:01at least some of the escalation,
  • 56:02which then goes forward
  • 56:04because they feel empowered.
  • 56:05They feel like, Yep,
  • 56:06I can keep doing whatever.
  • 56:08Most of the sexual offenders
  • 56:10always start with something small.
  • 56:12No one goes and just takes a resident
  • 56:15and does physical assault on them.
  • 56:18Ellie, I'm. I'm sorry, I want to ask folks,
  • 56:23Linda just circulated in the chat AQR
  • 56:25code or a click thingy to give the
  • 56:29evaluation and I think it's it's really
  • 56:31important for us and and sorry to,
  • 56:32to cut the fund to do this,
  • 56:34but it's important for three reasons.
  • 56:36One is that Shaylee and Ben have
  • 56:40worked really hard at this and
  • 56:42we want them to get feedback.
  • 56:45And two is that we're planning
  • 56:47ahead for the next series.
  • 56:50All right, I'm sorry. OK.
  • 56:52I'm just trying to go to the
  • 56:53slide that you told me to go to.
  • 56:55So. So there is a again,
  • 56:58yeah, there you have and in
  • 57:00the chat you also have the,
  • 57:02the link that you can click on
  • 57:04and if you've been good and
  • 57:09finished your your evaluation,
  • 57:10you get to ask a question.
  • 57:11But if you've been naughty you
  • 57:13don't get to ask a question
  • 57:14until you finish your evaluation.
  • 57:15So we have maybe time for a question,
  • 57:17for a question or two
  • 57:24quick question. I filled,
  • 57:25filled my I I filled out my form.
  • 57:28I'm nice, not naughty.
  • 57:31But it seems like as a general theme
  • 57:33in many of in the cases you presented,
  • 57:36the first step I I mean is certainly,
  • 57:39you know, acknowledge to
  • 57:40yourself that it happened.
  • 57:41Yes, I really did see that.
  • 57:44You know don't try to you know
  • 57:46rationalize it away And then you're
  • 57:49saying inquire with the patient.
  • 57:51Did I see this right.
  • 57:53I mean am I understanding you
  • 57:56correctly to always to to sort
  • 57:58of check back and then you know,
  • 58:01based on the response,
  • 58:02you know,
  • 58:04make your point regarding sexism
  • 58:06isn't OK racial bias isn't OK in a
  • 58:10way that people can understand but
  • 58:13in itself is is tolerant and and
  • 58:18doesn't have any abuse about that.
  • 58:21Do do I understand those as the 123?
  • 58:24Yes, absolutely. We summarize
  • 58:26it pretty well, Ben. OK
  • 58:30yeah, absolutely. Yes.
  • 58:31I I agree with you because you you
  • 58:34start with your own ward view.
  • 58:35What lens am I using? Am I noticing it?
  • 58:38Not trying to block it with my
  • 58:41own ward view and I have to turn
  • 58:43from a bystander to an upstander,
  • 58:45but I have to do it safely.
  • 58:47Yeah. And effectively. Yeah.
  • 58:50That as I I didn't put it in my evaluation,
  • 58:52but I'm thinking that probably was
  • 58:55explicit somewhere in the talk.
  • 58:57Maybe I turned away.
  • 58:58But if it wasn't, you know,
  • 59:00if people can walk away with things like
  • 59:03here's the 123 of being an upstander,
  • 59:06then that that makes it an easy lesson
  • 59:09to transfer into clinical settings.
  • 59:12And thank you so much. Thank you.
  • 59:16OK. Well, thank you, Ben, and thank you,
  • 59:21Dailey for a great session. And we'll
  • 59:24see you all at next series of. Yes,
  • 59:31thank you. Thank you, everyone.
  • 59:32Thanks for your time. Thank
  • 59:33you so much.
  • 59:34Thank you so much. It was very important,
  • 59:39very important. Thank you. Thank
  • 59:43you.