Self-Care and Resilience Skills for Palliative Care Clinicians

Clinicians in any practice setting caring for seriously ill patients and their families are engaged in emotionally demanding work. Practicing self-care and building resilience can help protect against stress and burnout and lead to greater joy and long-term productivity.

This 1-hour self-paced course will help you understand the principles of self-care, and the risks and symptoms of moral distress, compassion fatigue, and burnout. You’ll learn practical self-care strategies, including evidence-based mindfulness practices, team-based supports, how to develop a self-care plan, and how to build self-care habits into your life and work.

• Principles of self-care
• How to recognize burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress
• Why self-care is crucial for frontline clinicians caring for people with serious illnesses
• Three effective self-care strategies, including mindfulness practices
• Strategies to strengthen resilience
• How to develop a self-care plan
• How to build self-care habits into your daily life and work

1.5 continuing education (CE) credits provided by California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Extended Learning, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

The Doctors Company designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1.0 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 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 Doctors Company and Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care (CSU). The Doctors Company is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

• Physicians
• Nurse practitioners
• Physician assistants
• Registered nurses
• Clinical social workers
• Any frontline health professional

To complete this course and obtain a certificate, you must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. No refunds are given for self-paced courses. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.