Advancing Healthy Workplaces for PTK Faculty

The Office of the Surgeon General (2022) created a model that identified key components of healthy workplaces including protection from harm, connection and community, opportunity for growth, mattering at work, and work-life harmony. This discussion will provide an opportunity to talk with UMD faculty and staff ombuds about promoting a healthier workplace environment for PTK faculty. Case examples reflecting PTK faculty concerns will be presented. Discussion questions will focus on: (1) characteristics of healthy workplaces (2) challenges to healthy work environments for PTK faculty and (3) how resources and strategies for PTK faculty. The faculty ombuds will conclude the roundtable discussion with a summary of ideas for promoting belonging in the workplace.