For the first time in five years, healthcare professionals gathered in downtown Winston-Salem at the beautiful, historic Brookstown Inn for Preventing Provider Burnout. Kicking off the two-day retreat, participants were guided through a rejuvenating wellness activity by the esteemed director of Arts and Wellness at the Sawtooth Center.

Participants were given the opportunity to unwind, bond with one another, and craft a memorable keepsake during the activity. Presenters offered learning activities designed to help healthcare professionals recognize signs of languishing and burnout, cultivate strategies for well-being, and build a toolbox with stress management techniques.

Attendees enjoyed delicious meals, engagement with presenters and colleagues, and gaining strategies to help prevent burnout while caring for their patients.

Objectives

• Identify the benefits of mixed media art as a means of stress reduction.
• Recognize the hallmarks of languishing, burnout, and flourishing.
• Experiment with evidence-based strategies to cultivate well-being.
• Explore small steps you can integrate into personal and professional life to improve well-being.
• Relate the usefulness of yoga practices as an adjunct for personal and professional wellness.
• Examine spirituality as a self-care technique for health care providers.
• Identify and commit to incorporating at least two self-awareness practices into daily routines as demonstrated through personalized action plans.
• Practice and integrate at least three stress management techniques into daily life, immediately experiencing a heightened sense of relaxation and well-being.

We look forward to hosting the retreat again next year!

Here are some photos from the event: