Compassion Cultivation Training For Physicians and Psychologists

Monday, October 7, 2024, 5:30 PM - Monday, December 2, 2024, 7:30 PM

CCT™ is an 8-week program, developed at Stanford University, with insights and techniques from psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative practice. The course integrates evidence-based meditation techniques, interactive discussions, and lectures as well as real-world exercises to put learning into practice. This class will provide a private and safe environment for physicians and psychologists to explore compassion issues.

CCT™ has applications for your own well-being, response to suffering within yourself and others, burnout, your relationship to your work and in clinical applications for treatment of anxiety. The Stanford WellMD/WellPhD Center's Professional Fulfillment Model emphasizes Personal Resilience. Compassion and Self Compassion are two measures of Personal Resilience that the Center tracks as measures of medical staff wellbeing. Compassion Cultivation Training has been also studied in reducing burnout.

Activate your own compassionate nature as a powerful force in your everyday life. CCT™ is taught worldwide and offers practical skills, tools, and knowledge. As a graduate, you establish the habit of relating to yourself, others, and the world around you from a place of greater understanding, joy, and purpose. This CCT class is designed with supplemental materials that focus on the unique education and experience of being a physician or psychologist.

The circle of compassion begins with ourselves
Throughout the course, we help you lean into challenges, build the courage to take compassionate action, manage your emotions, and develop your resilience to prevent empathy fatigue.

Improve your personal relationships
Support health, happiness, and well-­­being
Reduce stress, depression, and anxiety
Make a positive difference in the world

Our course includes:
Weekly 2 hour class including lecture, discussion, and in-class exercises
Daily meditation practices
Real-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions

2024 Course Schedule

5:30 to 7:30 pm PST:
Week 1:  October 7
Week 2:  October 14
Week 3:  October 21
Week 4:  October 28
Week 5:  November 4
Week 6:  November 11
Week 7:  November 18
Week 8:  December 2

A note from the course director, Dr. Diana Adams:

Dear Fellow Physicians and Psychologists,

In the summer of 2014, I impulsively signed up for a Compassion Cultivation Training class (CCT™) recommended through the Stanford Medical Staff Committee that has now evolved into the Stanford WellMD/WellPhD Center.  

I immediately saw the application of CCT™ to my work as a psychologist and the work of my fellow physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists. In all my years in training and practice, no one ever used the word suffering.  Nor did anyone approach how we can cope with this suffering we witness. Many of us are able to take in the suffering of others without having a tool to let it go.  This may lead to burnout and compassion fatigue. CCT™ offers a way to transform this suffering by letting it go through us and out - a life skill that can be learned in 8 sessions.  CCT™ resonated with me and I believe it is the most important education that I have had since getting my doctorate.  CCT™ was developed at the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE ™) by principal author Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. Seed money was provided by the Dalai Lama.  This class is supported in part by the Compassion Institute.

I knew immediately that I wanted to bring this tool to my fellow medical staff members and completed my training as a certified CCT™ instructor. Join me on Mondays for a virtual class offered exclusively to MDs and PhDs. We have found that it is important for doctors to have dedicated CCT™ classes developed for their needs and privacy. The class features content and videos exploring the physician and psychologist experience and training.  We will look at the science of Compassion Cultivation Training™  and will focus on the importance of Self Compassion.

This class is offered jointly through the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education (SCCME).  It offers up to 16 CME for the full 16 hour class.  It is eligible for STAP funding. The class will be held virtually via Zoom.

Please take a look at the program.

Warmly,
Diana

Diana Adams Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, CA, 94305-5717
650-327-7117
[email protected]
drdianaadams.com 

This CCT™ course is specifically designed to support physicians and psychologists at Stanford Medicine who want to engage compassion for themselves and improve their relationships with others. For this Fall, 2024 session, registration is limited to Psychologists, Physicians and Psychiatrists, including Adjunct Faculty and Adjunct Clinical Faculty. 

Note - registration has closed as of 10/4/2024*

To register, please click the Register tab above. 

Registration is now open:

Standard Registration: $495

This course is STAP Funds Eligible for Stanford Faculty. Please visit the STARS website. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (16.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (16.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (16.00 hours)

1. Differentiate empathy, compassion and empathy fatigue and apply learned compassion skills in everyday and professional life
2. Describe basic mindfulness skills; how to stay present to self and clients, while teaching clients how to do this for themselves.
3. Utilize cognitive re-framing with oneself and others from a compassionate stance of "common humanity."
4. Utilize compassion practice with oneself and others for emotional regulation in the face of emotional distress.
5. Identify resistance to self compassion.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date

Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact the Conference Coordinator.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Brandon Armstrong, MHA, HCPE
     Title: Compliance Coordinator
     Email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. Hence, there are no relevant financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.