We support nurses,
doctors and students
by teaching resilience
and compassion
in health care
TWO NEW SEGMENTS NOW AVAILABLE!
Last year, the debut of Humankind’s Resilient Nurses program – heard on more than 100 public radio stations across the U.S. – ignited a national discussion about nursing, stress, and coping. Now, segments 3 and 4 in the series chronicle how nurses around the country are getting better at paying attention, keeping their reservoir of empathy full, and their compassion fully charged. And their stories are uplifting.
The Compassionate Care Initiative is proud to be sponsors of this important series. We hope you’ll listen to the latest installments online or tune in to your local NPR station over the coming weeks.
Got resilience? Why teaching clinicians to be mindful and resilient makes for more compassionate, safer, higher quality care -- and how the Compassionate Care Initiative does it. Watch our new video to learn more.
Rob Abbott is a Medical Student in the Class of 2017. He was inspired to pursue clinical care because he desired to bear witness the breadth of human experience. he strives to live his life as a "reflective human being" working with fellow compassionate healers at U.Va. He desires to promote the values of resiliency and holistic, compassionate care during his clinical training as a medical student. He also has a dedicated self-care practice involving a personal (at home) daily yoga practice, meditation practice all interspersed with a variety of dynamic reflective micro-practices.
No previous experience required; open to the public.
Meditation
Mondays | 12:15-12:45 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2025
Led by Michael Swanberg or Julie Connelly
Tuesdays | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2025
Led by Sam Green
Wednesdays | 6:00–7:00 a.m. | McLeod Hall 2025
Led by Jonathan Bartels
Yoga
Mondays | 5:00-6:00 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2010
Led by Dorothe Bach
Thursdays | 12:00-12:50 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2010
Led by Mala Cunningham or Bess McHugh
T'ai Chi
Thursdays | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2010
Led by Hiromi Johnson
Tuning In: Mindful Music*
Thursdays (every other week, beginning 9/15)
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. | McLeod Hall 2025
Led by Gene Donovan and Dallas Ducar (UVA Nursing Students)
Please bring your own instrument!
**PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION!**
For other drop-in programs offered by UVA's Contemplative Sciences Center, UVA Medical Center and other groups, visit our activities page.
