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