The past several months has brought unprecedented disruption in our work and personal lives. For many of those of us in healthcare, this disruption has brought new responsibilities, wave after wave of changing expectations, and ongoing demands to stretch well beyond our usual limits.
Informed by the experiences and needs of healthcare workers and educators, “Wholeness on the Other Side: Being a Catalyst for Change” was designed to enable learners to meet the demands of this most-challenging moment. The program uses Rush experts and an innovative framework to provide members of the healthcare workforce with the skills and perspective to grow, heal, and thrive in the current COVID-19 landscape and beyond.
Program faculty and facilitators are reflective, yet action-oriented experts and leaders who:
This course has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Continuing Nursing credits, APA credit for psychologists and continuing education for social work through the State of Illinois.
The Fall schedule, open to Rush employees, will be offered at a significant discount. Participants will be expected to provide additional feedback on their experiences in the program.
Rush Employee Tuition: $150
Tuition includes access to online resources and 6 live, interactive webinar sessions.
Rush employees may use Educational Enhancement Funds (formerly LEAP Funds) to pay for the program.
Current schedule is open to Rush employees only.
Healthcare workers are looking to reconnect with the meaning of their work and to gain some perspective on the uncertainty and dislocation we all are experiencing.
Participants will learn skills that allow them to:
In order to promote an intimate environment where participants have time to share personal experiences and encourage open dialog around the frameworks shared in this program, space is extremely limited for the initial Fall schedule. Register now to save your spot!
Current schedule is open to Rush employees only.
This current schedule is open to Rush employees only.
Non-Rush Healthcare members who would be interested in joining a future session, please click here to submit your name for a waiting list.
Each webinar includes 30 minutes of online pre-work to be completed prior to the live session.
Current schedule is open to Rush employees only.
Jay M. Behel, PhD
he/him/his
Associate Professor | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Rush Medical College
Edward Ward, MD, MPH
he/him/his
Medical Staff President
Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor
Rush Medical College
Susan B. Glick, MD, MHPE
she/her/hers
Professor of Medicine
Rush Medical College
Michelle Packard, MA, LCSW
she/her/hers
Part-time Psychotherapist
Rush University Medical Center
Judy B. Friedrichs, DNP, RN, FT, CPLC
she/her/hers
Perinatal Death Educator/Grief Support
Rush University Medical Center
Joanna Kuppy, MD
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Rush Medical College
Jennifer A. Coleman, PhD
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
& Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Psychologist, Road Home Program:
The Center for Veterans and Their Families
Rush University Medical Center
Janet Shlaes, PhD, MBA, MA
she/her/hers
Director, Center for Innovative & Lifelong Learning
Rush University
Current schedule is open to Rush employees only.
ACCREDITATION/DESIGNATION STATEMENTS:
In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center 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.
Physicians:
Rush University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of Twelve and a Half (12.50) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing:
Rush University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of Twelve and a Half (12.50) nursing contact hour(s).
Psychologists:
Rush University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of Twelve and a Half (12.50) APA credits.
CE Credits for Social Work:
Rush University is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000272), occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social work (159.001203), nutrition, and speech-audiology by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.
Rush University designates this live internet enduring material activity for a maximum of Twelve and a Half (12.50) continuing education credits for physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, social workers, nutritionists, speech pathologists, and audiologists.
This activity is being presented without bias and without commercial support.