Program Release: August 6, 2022
Expiration Date: August 6, 2023
Estimated time to complete: 25 minutes
There are no prerequisites for participation
This presentation will discuss the importance of being empathetic with patients in their recovery and its limits.The presentation will then review the different coping strategies employed by physicians to protect themselves from patients’ suffering that become habits and contribute to exhaustion. With these in mind, the presentation will also discuss specific strategies for stepping out of unhelpful habit loops.
Overview
Syllabus
- Discuss how empathy fatigue can lead to burnout
- Name the core elements of the process of reinforcement learning
- Recognize coping behavior strategies to protect from patients’ suffering
- Identify new strategies to step out of unhelpful habit loops
