Engaging with Compassion – implications for teaching, practice, and personal connection
Nov 1, 2023
9:00AM to 12:00PM
Welcome to Engaging with Compassion, Implications for teaching, practice, and personal connection. The event will be delivered VIRTUALLY and will be facilitated by Drs. Leslie Flynn and Elaine Van Melle.
Target Audience
All professionals, staff, and senior trainees.
Learning Objectives
By attending this activity, participants will be able to:
- Experience mind/body connection critical to compassion;
- Describe the neuroscience behind the development of compassion;
- Distinguish between compassion and empathy;
- Apply the understanding of compassion to their teaching practice.
Planning Committee Members
- Ruth Chen (Team Lead)
- Enas El Gouhary (RCPSC)
- Dale Guenter (CFPC)
- Lynn Martin
- Jocelyn Harris
Speakers
- Elaine van Melle
- Leslie Flynn
Conflict of Interest
The following Planning Committee Members did not declare a relationship with a FOR-PROFIT and/or NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization over the previous two years: Ruth Chen, Enas El Gouhary, Dale Guenter, Jocelyn Harris, and Lynn Martin
No current Planning Committee Members have or had a relationship with a FOR-PROFIT and/or NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization over the previous two years.
Accreditation Statement – Compassion Workshop
McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.
This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 2.75 Mainpro+ credits.
This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 2.75 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.