Delivering Compassionate Care: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Healthcare Professionals

This textbook is for interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to improve resilience and reduce stress and burnout. It is an evidence-based course with training in compassion and attention, and a structured skills-based manual with resources for implementation and dissemination. It addresses the gaps in other mindfulness-based interventions and is easily adaptable for use by groups and classes of various sizes and structures. Research studies have supported its use to prevent and treat burnout, demonstrating its feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in stress and burnout reduction.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive textbook serves as an evidence-based course designed to enhance resilience and minimize stress and burnout among interdisciplinary healthcare professionals. By imparting training in compassion and attentive care, this curriculum fosters patient-centered approaches, leading to improved outcomes. Presented in a structured skills-based format, it includes comprehensive resources for seamless implementation and widespread dissemination of this evidence-based course.

In addressing the limitations of other mindfulness-based interventions, this textbook stands out as a unique resource. It offers flexibility, allowing it to be followed in a linear sequence or utilized modularly to suit the specific requirements of different settings. The curriculum incorporates both didactic content and practical examples of practices, making it easily adaptable to groups and classes of varying sizes and structures.

Through extensive research studies conducted by the authors, the textbook has been validated for its effectiveness in preventing and treating burnout. The results indicate its feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in reducing stress and burnout among healthcare professionals and students, while also promoting increases in dispositional mindfulness.

Weight: 302g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030910648
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022