Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR)
For
Healthcare Students*
Dates: Tuesdays, February 1 – March 29, 2011
(no class during spring break)
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm
(optional extended, guided practice 7:30-8:00pm)
Location: 2155 MERF
Register: Medical Student Counseling Center
(1240 MERF) by January 26
Fee: $200.00 (50% of usual fee)
*Open to students of healthcare at the graduate level
The practice of mindfulness is a concrete, effective way to
care for yourself during the fast-paced challenges of
becoming a healthcare professional and beyond. It offers
opportunity to maintain awareness of and respond in a
wise, compassionate and skillful manner to your internal
and external experiences while immersed in graduate
education. Mindfulness meditation is the core of the
program. It is taught in a secular, accessible way.
Participants will be introduced to research supporting the
effectiveness of mindfulness practices as a treatment
modality.
Research indicates that practitioners of MBSR experience
benefits including:
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Decreased burn-out in physicians
Improved ability to respond to stress
Increased ability to focus and concentrate
Greater sense of control
Decreased physical/psychological distress
More satisfying relationships
Enhanced health and well-being
Improved sleep
Improved ability to respond to chronic pain
Ability to communicate more effectively
www.uihealthcare.com/mindfulness
Caring for Yourself, Caring for Others…
MBSR is offered in many hospitals, universities, businesses and other settings throughout the United States and the world. It is modeled after the program developed by Jon
Kabat-Zinn, PhD at the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness. It has been offered at UIHC since 1996 and at the CCOM since 2006.