Outline:
Hour 1
- Define burnout.
- Discuss how burnout is measured.
- Review statistics about burnout (i.e., prevalence data).
- Outline the factors/contributors driving burnout, and the consequences.
- Burnout’s three cardinal symptoms
- Neurobiology of burnout
- Describe the energy account concept – full or empty?
- Discuss the importance of burnout.
Hour 2
- The antidote to burnout is wellness.
- Describe why practitioner wellness is an ethical and public health issue – that practitioners have the responsibility to maintain their own health and wellness as well as promote that of their colleagues.
- Outline the “The Health Professional Wellness Hierarchy.”
- Discuss the different levels of the hierarchy.
- Level 1 – physical and mental health.
- Level 2 – safety and security
- Level 3 – respect
- Level 4 – appreciation and connection
- Level 5 – healing patients and contributing at the fullest of one’s ability
- Discussion of evidence-based modalities to support wellness (e.g., specific micronutrients, botanical extracts, deep and slow breathing, exercise, drumming, etc.).
- Describe how to use the wellness hierarchy.
- Implications and conclusions.
As presented at our Live 2022 ND Conference: Naturopathic Approaches to GI, Thyroid, Mold, and ND Burnout
Presented by Dr Jonathan Prousky ND MSc MA RP