WHY COMPASSION, WHY NOW

The evidence is compelling. Compassion has been shown to improve many dimensions of healthcare, including patient health outcomes, patient satisfaction, clinician well-being, team well-being, and quality and process of care. While compassion is an inherent quality we all have as human beings, it is an orientation and skill that can be cultivated and strengthened so that it becomes the default place from which we approach and respond to any situation, rain or shine.

While burnout has been increasingly acknowledged as a growing crisis in healthcare, the pandemic has exponentially increased the sources of stress for healthcare professionals. In this context, the skills to manage stress, calm the nervous system, and process emotions such as anxiety, fear, anger, and grief are all the more important.

ABOUT COMPASSION AT WORK

Compassion at Work has been developed by thought leaders and industry experts in compassion science and education, contemplative science, psychology, healthcare, and social sciences. The goal of the course is twofold:

1. To increase both clinicians’ self-awareness around their experiences of burnout and their connection to purpose and joy in work, and

2. To equip clinicians with mindfulness and compassion-based skills and tools to support resilience that can be integrated seamlessly into their busy daily schedules.

The training is designed to help clinicians cultivate and sustain new habits without adding to existing time pressures.