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Course Description

Healthcare professionals are exposed to others’ suffering on a regular basis through the very nature of their work. Empathic distress can be experienced as a normal consequence of empathic connection with those who are suffering. Compassion, rather than leading to fatigue and burnout, is a way of responding to others’ suffering that can strengthen our fortitude and benevolence. Drawing upon research and various models of compassion, you will discover mindfulness and compassion based practices that promote greater positive affect, connection, and resilience, even in the face of suffering. Through transformational meditative practices you will learn to activate your natural capacity for compassionate presence while strengthening your inner resources, ultimately improving the quality of care for yourself and others.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the evolutionary basis of compassion and the neuroscience supporting the efficacy of mindfulness and compassion for improving wellbeing and reducing the risk of burnout.
  • Experience mindfulness and compassion meditative practices aimed at cultivating self-awareness, attunement to others, empathic concern and resilience.
  • Learn to detect signs of empathic distress and the barriers to compassionate presence with yourself and others.
  • Discover various methods of transforming empathy into compassion to enhance our response to suffering.
  • Increase and maintain satisfaction and fulfillment in your life and career, while remaining in your healthcare occupation.

Notes

This course was previously titled: Redefining Compassion Fatigue: Mindfulness for Reducing Empathy Fatigue.

This course is for educational purposes and is not intended as a substitute for consultation and treatment from a qualified and registered healthcare professional or service provider. 

Recommendations

This course is suitable for health care professionals, caregivers, educators, law enforcement, veterinarians, and students of these helping professions.

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

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