UMN - Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare
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Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare at Coursera Overview
Duration | 10 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare at Coursera Course details
- By the end of this course, you will be able to assess when mindfulness may be helpful for your patients or clients, educate them about its potential benefits, and refer them to mindfulness programs and resources. To begin, you will explore what mindfulness is (and is not) through presentations and direct experience. You will also learn about the research supporting the benefits (and risks) of mindfulness for various conditions, as well as how to identify contraindications. Finally, you will learn about the benefits of this practice for you as a busy healthcare provider.
- Continuing Education Credit
- This course has been designed to meet Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for 10 contact hours and may be eligible for CE credit from other professional boards that allow self-documenting of continuing education activities. It is your responsibility to check with your regulatory board to confirm this course meets your local requirements and, if necessary, to provide them with the certificate of completion you get if you pay for and fulfill all the requirements of this course.
Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare at Coursera Curriculum
What Is Mindfulness?
Introduction to this Course
What Is Mindfulness--and What Isn't It?
Ways to Practice
Mindfulness in Daily Life
Try These Daily Life Practices
Why Meditate?
How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
Guided Meditation - 5-Minute Awareness of Breath
What is the State of the Evidence?
How Mindfulness Works
Benefits of Mindfulness
Handout on Daily Life Practices
Mindfulness Research Challenges
Week 1 References
How Was Your Daily Life Practice?
Explore the Evidence Base
Week 1 Quiz
Assess if Mindfulness Would Be Beneficial
Mindfulness for Pain Management
Lisa Uses Mindfulness to Help with Chronic Pain
Guided Meditation - Being Mindful of Pain
Mindfulness for Anxiety and Depression
Guided Meditation - Being Mindful of Anxiety
Mindfulness for Wellbeing
Guided Meditation - Being Mindful of Wellbeing
Cautions and Contraindications
Pain Story - Veronica
Anxiety Story - Joshua
Wellbeing Story - Nolitha
Cautions and Contraindications Handout
Week 2 References and Resources
Week 2 Quiz
Getting Started
Making the Recommendation
Addressing Challenges
Starting with Daily Life Practices
Introducing the STOP Technique
Watching Your Speech
Using Guided Meditation
10-Minute Guided Meditation: Awareness of Body and Breath
Adopt the Right Attitude
How to Establish a Daily Practice
STOP Technique Handout
Simple Walking Practice Handout
Sources for Guided Meditation
What You Need to Meditate
Online Resources and Apps
Evaluating Online Resources
Finding Local Resources
Week 3 References and Resources
Evaluating an App
Peer Project Overview
Evaluate Use for Your Patients and Yourself
Mindfulness in the Workplace
How Providers Benefit from Mindfulness
Ideas for Practice from Healthcare Providers
Guided Meditation - Working with Residue
Evaluating the Impact
Call to Action!
Examples from Practice
How to Establish a Habit of Mindfulness
Week 4 References and Resources
Week 4 Quiz
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