Mindful Medicine: Reconnecting with the Heart of Healing

Thursday, September 26, 2019, 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 28, 2019, 4:30 PM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (17.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (17.00 hours)

1. Examine the prevalence of and factors contributing to provider burnout.
2. Discuss what “mindfulness” means and discuss outcomes studies showing how bringing mindfulness to practice can improve patient-centered communication, patient satisfaction, and provider well-being.
3. Practice specific mindfulness techniques with and without the horses. Discuss the impact that being completely present and congruent (or not) has on our interactions with others, including patients and healthcare teams.
4. Describe why boundaries are essential in development of compassionate and mutually respectful relationships with patients and colleagues.
5. Describe how effective nonverbal communication can improve relationships with patients and colleagues.
6. Improve personal and professional relationships by learning to lead in a more emotionally and socially intelligent way.
7. Identify emotions that arise in practice, and describe the important messages they hold and how to respond productively.
8. Recognize limiting “false self” beliefs or behavior patterns; explore how showing up authentically can lead to more meaningful and fulfilling patient encounters.
9. Apply emotional resilience and self-control to better respond to conflict as it arises in interactions with patients and colleagues.
10. Lead difficult conversations addressing behavior concerns with patients or colleagues.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER visit https://www.monarchequine.org/upcoming-workshops/ or contact Nicole Artz, MD  |  [email protected]  773-841-1515. Course registration fees apply and will be payable to Monarch Equine Facilitated Learning.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Monarch Equine Facilitated Learning. The Carver College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy
Everyone in a position to control the content of this educational activity will disclose to the CME provider and to attendees all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest.

Planner/Faculty Disclosures
Nicole Artz and Lucinda Vette have reported no relevant financial relationships.

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