Introduction
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, organisational culture stands as a cornerstone that profoundly influences the delivery of care, experiences of women and families, and the well-being of healthcare professionals. With its complex nature, healthcare organisations encompasses many differing cultures and norms, varied by global region and context. This mini course focuses on the definition of organisational culture, explains the impact culture has on health and maternity care and most importantly offers ways in which midwives and healthcare practitioners can take action to improve organisational culture. New Course 2023.
Learning aims and objectives
This module explores the three key aspects to creating healthy workplace cultures. The aim is to develop your understanding and identify for yourself, midwifery teams and women and families.
Completing this resource will enable you to:
– Understand themes associated with healthy workplace culture
– Identify the impact of organisational culture on childbearing women, babies, families and midwifery practice
– Take steps to sustain healthy cultures within the workplace
Keywords
organisation, culture, workplace, midwifery, healthcare, communication, collaboration, change
Curriculum quality standards
ICM Category 1; General Competencies
Lancet Series; Evidence informed framework for maternal and newborn care; universal care
About Instructor
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