Fostering compassion and connection in healthcare

This course encourages the cultivation of humanism in medicine while strengthening a personal commitment to service as life’s work. It facilitates the student’s recognition of common issues related to resiliency, self-care, working with clinical teams, and supporting peers and caring for patients in a healing community with the recognition and appreciation of uncertainty, awe, grief and loss in the practice of medicine.

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The Remen Institute for the Study of Health & Illness (RISHI)

RISHI’s mission is to contribute to healing the culture of health care through innovative educational programs and the formation of supportive communities. Their programs provide innovative tools, practices and resources to enable health professionals to sustain their service values, their humanity and their passion for their work. 

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