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Medical Specialties

Department of Emergency Medicine

2021

Emergency medicine

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Mindfulness In The Emergency Department (Med): An Asynchronous Learning Course To Practise Mindfulness And Resilience In The Emergency Room Of Low Resource Setting, Syed Maaz Salahuddin, Shahan Waheed Oct 2021

Mindfulness In The Emergency Department (Med): An Asynchronous Learning Course To Practise Mindfulness And Resilience In The Emergency Room Of Low Resource Setting, Syed Maaz Salahuddin, Shahan Waheed

Department of Emergency Medicine

Owing to the fast-paced, stressful, and frequent crucial rapid decisions that trigger cognitive exhaustion, emergency physicians are especially vulnerable to burnout. Mindfulness practices have been defined in the literature and it focuses on the well-being and resilience. Mindfulness is characterised as the ability to use tools and expertise to mentally respond to environmental problems to fulfil psychological needs. To overcome burnout, a self-directed learning course was developed for emergency physicians that will include learning goals on mindfulness, peer group discussions and tasks, role playing and practising meditation exercises. It would concentrate on the foundations of mindfulness and resilience, learning and …


The Necessity Of Human Factors Training In Emergency Medicine Residency: A Road Less Travelled, Abdul Ahad Chhotani, Shahan Waheed Jun 2021

The Necessity Of Human Factors Training In Emergency Medicine Residency: A Road Less Travelled, Abdul Ahad Chhotani, Shahan Waheed

Department of Emergency Medicine

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