Sexual Harassment Prevention in Healthcare

This anti-sexual harassment course is specifically for healthcare organizations, hospitals and other facilities where people work for the well-being of their patients. With coverage of the latest standards, laws, and a full explanation of inappropriate behavior and prevention, Sexual Harassment Prevention in Healthcare will give your staff guidelines to protecting their rights, and the rights of others.

Addressing the healthcare environment, this course covers:

• Quid Pro Quo Harassment
• Hostile Environment sexual harassment
• The Reasonable Person Standard
• Harassment from patients and other visitors to the facility   
• Use of demeaning names, gender and same-sex harassment
• Sexual jokes and verbal behaviors such as suggestive whistling & catcalls   
• Sexting, e-mail, social network harassment
• Pregnancy Jokes and Comments
• Unwanted flirting and dating requests
• Leering, intimidation, physical assaults or threats,
• Physically blocking a person’s movement or ability to work.
• Un-asked for behaviors such as back rubs, back scratching & hugs
• Prevention techniques   
• Legal consequences for harassers

Sexual harassment can have a serious impact on morale and patient care standards. Using an easy-to-understand style, this video enables healthcare organizations to fully cover what sexual harassment is, the consequences of engaging in it and how to prevent it. The program is perfect for new employee orientation, yearly refresher training, or as a meeting opener to a longer training session. Through the video, facilitator's guide and participant quiz, your staff will understand the legalities of sexual harassment and why it cannot be tolerated.

Also Available:
Sexual Harassment Prevention in Healthcare for Managers
Harassment Is... Healthcare Version
Sexual Harassment in Healthcare: New Perspectives

Languages: English

A TABC release