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Building and Maintaining Strong Mental Health

Overview

Medical student and resident resilience is a trending topic among medical schools and healthcare employers as evidenced by the on-going research and program development. Areas that have been found to contribute to resiliency and wellness include:

Resilience in Medical Education: What is it and why is it important? Does it impact patient care?
Self-awareness: What makes you happy? What do you fear?
Compassionate Communication: Connect your values to your life
Dealing with Difficult Emotions in Medical School
Setting Boundaries: Learn to say no
Sympathy – Empathy – Compassion
Self-compassion: Avoiding burnout
Maintaining Motivation and Finding Meaning
Attitude of Gratitude: Integrating positivity into your life
Freedom in Forgiveness: Becoming unstuck
Mantras, Meditation, and Yoga
The Art of Expression: Discover how our thoughts, feelings, words and actions produce energies that attract like energies into our lives
Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
Cooking Healthy Class
Eating Healthy on a Budget
Stages of Group Processing and Team Building