About the Course
Whole Care for Health Professionals, Part 2: Nurturing Our Relationships & Communities in Daily Practice
Presenter: Karen Scott Barss, M.A., RPN
Tuesday, November 25, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. CST
11:00 PST / 12:00 MST / 1:00 CST (includes SK) / 2:00 EST / 3:00 AST
These online mini-retreats support health professionals in holistically caring for themselves, their colleagues, and those they serve. Part 1 prioritizes wellness practices that can help to maintain and restore personal balance while working in today’s stressful health care environment. Part 2 explores practical ways to foster workplace and team wellness, despite current systemic barriers and challenges.
Whole Care for Health Professionals, Part 1: Nurturing Body, Mind, Heart, & Spirit in Chaotic Times will be offered on Tuesday, November 18, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. CST. Please register for this workshop on a separate page.
(NOTE: Participants may register for Part 1 AND/OR Part 2. Options for follow-up peer and/or facilitator support will also be explored.)
Access to the recording of this workshop will be sent to all who register.
Photo credit: Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash
Your Instructor
Karen Scott Barss, M.A., RPN
Karen is passionate about supporting health care professionals to tend their well-being and work in holistic ways that honour their own and others’ individual healing practices and worldviews. She draws upon her MA in Integrative Studies, her preparation in Spiritual Direction/Companionship, and 40+ years’ experience as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN). A nurse educator for over 30 years, she created The T.R.U.S.T. Model for Inclusive Spiritual Care and The W.H.O.L.E. Care Framework for Integrative Health Care, Education, and Leadership. She developed (and facilitated for a decade) two related interprofessional electives, along with accompanying Open Education Resources (OERs): Integrative Health Care and The Spiritual Dimension of Health Care. She also engages in volunteer allyship to help promote truth, reconciliation, and decolonization within health care and beyond. Contact/learn more about Karen at: Who are we? Saskatoon Spiritual Directors Association.