A South Africa Event on 2016-07-12 19:00:00
Taking Ourselves to Heart: Mindfulness, Care and Kindness for Self and Others 12-17 July, 2016 (Tuesday evening through Sunday afternoon) 24 CE and CME hours available Michael Krasner, MD & Patricia Lück, MD Course Description The practices of medicine and mindfulness place the restoration and recognition of wholeness at the center of the patient/provider relationship. Yet, as healthcare providers, how can we engage in such a creative endeavor if we leave ourselves out of the circle of care? The call to heal is as old as humanity; it is our lineage, expressing and reflecting what is deepest and most luminous within us. How shall we honor this inheritance? How shall we enter the darkness and light, the brokenness and wholeness that are the healer’s path? How shall we honor the breadth and depth of our emotional lives while needing to be objective, enduring and patient? How shall we learn to bear suffering, our own and others, in a way that creates and sustains stability, buoyancy and resilience rather than fostering despair, isolation and loneliness? Join us as we enter into these questions with Dr. Krasner and Dr. Lück. Brief Biosketches Michael Krasner, MD Michael Krasner has practiced primary care internal medicine for nearly twenty-five years, and forthe past 17 years has studied and facilitated mindfulness-based interventions in health care settings. He has engaged medical students, physicians, and other health professionals in mindfulness-based interventions. He has been involved in a variety of research projects including investigations on the effects of mindfulness training on the brain and immune system in the elderly, and the effects of mindfulness training on medical student wellbeing. He co-developed a Mindful Practice curriculum at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry where it has become a required part of 3rd-year medical student training. He has presented and taught nationally and internationally on the topic of mindfulness training of physicians and other health professionals, where his efforts are focused on improving health professional resilience and well-being for the purpose of improving quality of care and quality of caring. Patricia Lück, MD A Palliative Care Physician, Certified MBSR Teacher and Mindfulness Medical Educator, Patricia Lück worked in palliative medicine in South Africa for many years before moving to her current location, London, UK, in 2013. In addition to her clinical practice, she is teaching faculty for the Mindfulness Certificate Program at the University of Stellenbosch Medical School, South Africa, as well as for the Mindful Practice program at the University of Rochester Medical School, New York. Her passion has been focused on building resiliency in health care professionals and students through mindfulness based interventions, to guard against burnout, infuse compassionate attention, presence, and heart into medical practice and clinical care, and improve the quality of care and caring provided. She is interested in investigating the capacity of clinicians to be more present to the diversity of human suffering, and in the necessary component of the heart of listening within this communication dynamic. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this program, learners will be able to: 1. Establish a direct, first hand, experience of mindfulness; 2. Cultivate mindfulness through silence, conversation and dialogue; 3. Distinguish between mindfulness and mindlessness; 4. Establish an experiential understanding of their capacity to deliberately “train” the mind; 5. Focus and sustain attention on a single object; 6. Focus and sustain attention on changing objects; 7. Demonstrate the ability to be aware of multiple aspects of present moment experience; 8. Demonstrate an increased ability to recognize mind wandering and to redirect the mind; 9. Recognize the therapeutic power of the heart; 10. Explore new approaches to meeting challenging situations as a provider; 11. Observe and investigate the dynamic interplay of fear/constriction and vulnerability/openness within ourselves and our patients; 12. Apply and enhance the capacity to pause or stop; 13. Discuss warning signs of accumulating stress and apply mindfulness practices to manage them more effectively; 14. Describe the signs and consequences of burnout; 15. Utilize mindfulness practice as a method for developing resilience; 16. Improve ability to step back, listen and be present to self and others. Tuition 50.00 USD – Includes all materials and welcome reception for participant 00.00 USD – Group Rate, per person in a group of 3 or more registering at one time. Venue – Villa Zuccari The Hotel Villa Zuccari, in the San Luca district of Montefalco, is a large country house. The building’s oldest wing dates back to the late 16th century while the facade and the general layout date back to the 1800′s. Originally, the family’s living quarters were on the large upper floor while the ground floor served as the storage area for the foods harvested from the fields and the administrative office. The villa is surrounded by centuries-old trees and grounds that extend over an area of 40,000 square metres, where you can enjoy the 20 x 10 metre infinity swimming pool. The park, with its cypress-lined path, forest and extremely rare varieties of trees, including the Ginkgo biloba, paulownia, field maple, pink flowering horse-chestnut tree, Italian stone pine, and many more, is completely level, making it an ideal place for walking or jogging. The 980 Meilland rose bushes offer a unique spectacle from May to October. (adapted from Villa Zuccari website) Hotel Rates Hotel Rates in Euro All Hotel Rates include Full Breakfast 7am to 10am After registering for the seminar, you will recive villa booking instructions to recieve these rates Classic Double Room € 140 Classic Double Room single use € 110 Superior Double Room € 170 Superior Double Room single use € 125 Deluxe Double Room € 200 Deluxe Double room single use € 150 Junior Suite € 230 Suite € 250 Torretta (Tower) Room € 280 VILLINO & CASETTA (20 meters from main Villa) Double Room € 125 Double Room single use € 100 For currency conversion rates, see www.xe.com. Villa Booking & Cancellation Policy • At time of confirmation 1 night as a non-refundable deposit to secure the reservation. • Cancellations received within 15 days prior arrival date will be subjected to a penalty of 25% of total stay; • Cancellations received within 7 days prior arrival date will be subjected to a penalty of 50% of total stay; • In case of no-show or early departure, you pay total stay. Course Registration Cancellation Policy • You must email you cancellation request to info@italyseminars.com. • 100% of paid registration fees, less a .00 administration fee per registration, will be refunded for cancellation requests received by or before April 1, 2016 • 75% of the paid registration fees will be refunded on all cancellation requests made between April 1st and May 31st, 2016 • 25% of paid registration fees will be refunded on all cancellation requests made after June 1, 2016 • There are no refunds after June 12th 2016.
at Villa Zuccari, Montefalco (Umbria), Italy
Loc. San Luca
San Luca, Italy
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