Therapeutic security in inpatient psychiatric settings requires careful planning and implementation if it is to support both patients’ safety and dignity.

Inpatient psychiatric units are designed around the twin aims of treatment and containment, but emotional norms and tone also contribute to care environments.

Maya Roytman joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions Related to Critical Pedagogy in the Health Professions.”

This article highlights opinions in the Code that exemplify obligations to promote social justice and equity in health professions pedagogy and training.

This article draws on Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed to model how health professions education can advance health equity.

This visual abstract is based on an article from the February 2020 issue of the journal.

Faculty who lack skill in addressing negative bias in learning environments can erode safety, especially among underrepresented students, trainees, and patients.

Dr J. Corey Williams joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Ashley Andreou and Susan M. Cheng: “How Should We Approach Faculty Who Create Hostile Learning Environments for Underrepresented Students and Trainees?”

Dr John Chenault joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss how he uses critical theory to prepare health professions students to better distinguish representation from reality.

Dr John Chenault joins Ethics Talk to explain one historical view of critical theory in health professions education.