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This CPD activity provides you with an in-depth guide to the health-impact mindfulness has in reducing stress, generating awareness and assisting with chronic pain. It attracts 14 hours Educational Activity Hours, 10 hours Measuring Outcomes and 8 hours Reviewing Performance Hours.

It will also provide you with 32 hours GPMHSC FPS CPD, GPMHSC MH CPD.

Over the 8 week, on demand online course, you will incorporate mindfulness techniques and practices into your daily life. You will also be provided with GP resources, references and multiple patient handouts to help your patients begin practicing mindfulness.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe how mindfulness generates awareness, reduces experiences of stress, and positively assists with chronic pain.
2. Demonstrate a range of formal and informal mindfulness practices and exercises to decrease stress and psychological distress.
3. Implement mindfulness practices to improve health outcomes. 
4. Measure the impact of mindfulness practice on your own perceived experiences of stress to increase emotion regulation, resilience and focus.
5. Using a self-administered Perceived Stress Scale & the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire to note the improvement of social and relational skills.
6. Determine situations in your own life and with your patients where mindfulness practice could be of benefit to reduce symptoms of burnout and anxiety.

Details

Cost: $395 incl GST

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Upon completion, your CPD activity record may take up to 4 weeks to be reflected on your CPD Home Dashboard.