THE HEALER'S TOUCH
The Healer's Touch
c/o Daniel Robitshek, MD
UCIMC - 101 The City Dr South - Bldg 26
Orange, CA 92868
United States
ph: 714 456-5960
fax: 714 456-7182
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MEDICAL EDUCATION
The Course
Session 1 [10/13/2009]: Introduction
Syllabus (.doc file)
Powerpoint: Introduction- Robitshek
Session 2 [10/20/2009]: Appreciative Inquiry & Introduction to Temperament Theory
Powerpoint: Temperament Theory - Robitshek
Session 3 [10/27/2009]: Getting To Know Yourself & Others/Temperament Theory Part II
Session 4 [11/3/2009]: Working With Difficult Emotions/Keeping an Emotional Center
Powerpoint: Difficult Emotions - Shapiro
*Mandatory Assignment #1 - Write about a personal encounter wiht loss and grief [due by e-mail before 11/10/2009]
Session 5 [11/10/2009]: Loss, Grief and Healing*
Powerpoint: Loss and Grief in Medical Practice - Robitshek
Session 6 [11/17/2009]: Group I - Personal Project Presentation
Session 7 [12/1/2009]: Self Care - Avoiding Compassion Fatigue & Burn-Out
Powerpoint: Burnout in Residency and Life - Shapiro
Handout: Self Assessment (.doc file)
Session 8 [12/8/2009]: Uncertainty, Complexity and Medical Error
Powerpoint: Uncertainty and Error in Medicine - Robitshek
Session 9 [12/15/2009]: Cultivating Positive Emotions**
**Mandatory Assignment #2 - Write a paragraph or two reflecting on how you personally encourage yourself in attitudes of kindness, patience, caring, humility, especially when you may be feeling the opposite [due by e-mail before 1/12/2010]
Session 10 [1/12/2010]: Group II - Personal Project Presentation
Session 11 [1/19/2010]: Empathy Part I & Difficult Patient Encounters
Session 12 [2/2/2010]: Problem Solving Difficult Interactions
Session 13 [2/9/2010]: Problem Solving Difficult Interactions II
Session 14 [2/23/2010]: Empathy Part II: Theory and Practice
Session 15 [3/2/2010]: Group III - Personal Project Presentations
Session 16 [3/9/2010]: Appreciative Inquiry Revisited/Final Session
The Healer's Art*
Handouts (pdf): 1. In the Service of Life 2. Recapturing the Soul of Medicine
*CopyWrite - Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
What We Do
The Healer's Touch is dedicated to facilitating an awareness to Healthcare Professionals and to the Healthcare Industry as a whole, of the need to address issues of meaning and value in the provision of healthcare.
Utilizing evidence-based and theoretical tools, we are committed to equipping the medical community with a greater ability to utilize the core values of human connection and empathy and to incorporate patients' existential values into the art and science of healing.
The Healer's Touch
c/o Daniel Robitshek, MD
UCIMC - 101 The City Dr South - Bldg 26
Orange, CA 92868
United States
ph: 714 456-5960
fax: 714 456-7182
drobitsh
