Description
Developing a Strategy to Reduce Burnout in Healthcare Professionals
Job burnout has become a widespread phenomenon in the modern working world, particularly in service-based industries such as healthcare. Burnout is defined as a psychological syndrome that involves a prolonged response to chronic stressors on the job and is comprised of three main components: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased sense of accomplishment. This practical, evidence-based, 2-hour course equips staff therapists, employers, and managers to effectively manage burnout to improve work-life satisfaction, work performance, and patient safety and satisfaction. Through case studies and practical real-time exercises, you finish this course with the fundamental elements to enhance work well-being immediately! This course is included with the Ethical Foundations Webinar Package.
Learning Outcomes
- Define burnout syndrome and list three components that represent burnout.
- Summarize personal and professional factors that contribute to burnout.
- Recognize the Job-Demands Resource Model and its relation to burnout.
- Describe the seven personal strategies to mitigate burnout.
- List four job crafting strategies in the workplace that will promote individual and team well-being.
Target Audience: intermediate- to advanced-level OTs, COTAs, and other healthcare professionals
Note: While many professionals may benefit from the course content, we can only guarantee acceptance of continuing education credit as described in the following CEU section.
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Course Instructor: Erika del Pozo, MOT, OTR/L
Learning Assessment: Objective post-test
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID# 01971. This distance-learning, independent format is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Issues. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Sensational Brain LLC is also an educational provider for CE Broker. This course code is 20-773415.
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♦ Questions? Email celeste@sensationalbrain.com.