Dealing with Compassion Fatigue & Burnout in the Medical Field

Dealing with Compassion Fatigue & Burnout in the Medical Field is organized by Skillacquire and will be held on Apr 04, 2019.

Suggested Attendees:
• Healthcare Administrators
• Chief Medical Officers
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Mental Health Practitioners
• Healthcare Technicians
• Occupational and Speech Therapists
• Psychologists, Professional Counselors
• Physical Therapists  
• Chiropractors
• Hospitals
• Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
• Outpatients Clinics

Description:
Healthcare professionals are under more stress than ever evidenced by increases in demand for better services that are more efficient and thorough, higher costs, reduced staffing, and diminishing resources. Many healthcare workers are putting in longer hours and for less pay. From working twenty-four shifts to simply burning the midnight oil catching up on paperwork, the healthcare industry puts a great deal of stress and fatigue on the average worker and their relationships, including family. Doctors, specialists, nurses, clinical aides and other helping professionals bear witness to human suffering on a routine basis and are constantly reminded that tragedy, pain, and challenge often loom large in the midst of helping their patients heal. As a result, compassion fatigue and burnout are major hazards of the profession that are far too common.

This webinar focuses on understanding each of these challenges, their similarities and differences. In addition to defining and comparing these conditions, specific triggers will be explored. Participants will gain awareness of key signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout, while learning how to manage stressors and their consequences. Specific attention will be given to physical, emotional/mental and behavioral symptoms. 

Awareness training is a key component discussed during the presentation. Additionally, underlying beliefs about compassion fatigue are explored and other general signs and symptoms of burnout explained. 

Strategies for management and prevention are shared, including mindfulness training and behaviors that can help reduce the frequency of fatigue and prevent burnout. Finally, participants will have an opportunity to create their own individualized management and prevention plan.  

Areas Covered in the Session:
• Introduction & Objectives
• Definition of Burnout
• Causes of Burnout
• Signs & Symptoms of Burnout
?  Physical Signs
?  Mental/Emotional Signs
?  Behavioral Signs
• What is Compassion Fatigue?
• Causes of Compassion Fatigue
• General Strategies/Tools
• Relational Conflict and Fatigue/Burnout
• Specific Strategies/Tools
?  Mentorship
?  Finding Your ZENS
?  Mind/Body
• Activating Change
• Summary & Conclusion
• Live Q&A Session

Learning Objectives:
• Increasing demands placed on qualitative healthcare output create more likelihood for burnout and stress
• Diminishing resources putting greater stress on healthcare workers
• Increasing patient demands put workers at risk for compassion fatigue
• Stress, compassion fatigue and burnout can impact one’s ability to perform their job on a number of levels
• Understand the definitions, differences and similarities of compassion fatigue and burnout
• Explore signs, symptoms, and major causes
• Improve awareness training for stressors that lead to fatigue, and burnout
• Identify and develop micro and macro strategies for managing and prevention compassion fatigue and burnout