Emotional Intelligence in Mindful Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare Professionals have an ethical responsibility to act with integrity, honesty and professionalism with their clients and with other healthcare team members. Medical programs regularly incorporate a
“MEPS” (mental/emotional/physical/spiritual) approach to care in training, notes and literature, but often, emotional health is not regularly managed for the provider or the recipients of healthcare in most settings. This means that 25% of the care that most medical professionals believe is critical to health is being avoided. This is why psychologists and psychiatrists are often seen as far from the “medical system” yet emotional health is recognized as very important. Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Care Professionals, Mental Health workers and the entire health care team needs to respect the tending of emotions as a key feature for basic healthcare in all fields. This course brings a focused attention to communication styles, emotional intelligence, and the value of understanding and managing painful emotions in any healthcare setting. From this understanding, the transformation of unhealthy emotions into joyful experiences can be achieved.

This course allows any student (within healthcare or not) to learn, recognize, and mindfully apply the skills and tools that can improve mood, increase compassion, and positively effect health outcomes in any personal or professional setting.