Edmonton and area Fetal Alcohol Network Society

Requirements: A computer with speakers (or headset) and high-speed internet are required to participate in this webinar. If speakers (or headset) are not available, a telephone would be required and a toll-free number will be provided.
 
Webinar Description: Compassion fatigue refers to the profound emotional and physical exhaustion that all of us can develop over time while working in health care environments: complex cases, large volume of work, chronicity, the wear and tear of the job, challenging patients and colleagues – all of these can contribute to developing compassion fatigue. 

With two decades of research proving that working in high stress, trauma-exposed professions carries elements of risk to the care provider: compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout can take a cumulative tolls on us as individuals and as teams. What can professionals do to protect themselves from the difficult stories that they work with on a regular basis, limited resources and high volume of work, while still remaining effective and compassionate?

Learning Objectives

• Key Factors that increase risks of compassion fatigue, burnout and secondary trauma
• Early intervention strategies 
• Workplace strategies: what works? 

This webinar will be recorded.
 
Connection details:
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A few minutes prior to the start of the webinar, please follow these instructions:
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Depending on your computer configuration, you may be able to hear the audio at this point through your computer speakers or headset. If that is not the case, you can call in to the teleconferencing number below (step 2).
 
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