
Celebrating 10 years of
COMPASSION FATIGUE SYMPOSIUM
Intensive Care: Holding Fatigue, Grief, and Joy Through the Arts
Live on April 23rd, 2021
For the best viewing experience, please join us using a computer.
Watch at your own pace | Recorded sessions available until April 2022.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
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Make sure you are in a comfortable seat and have plenty of water and snacks with you. We have incorporated breaks so that you can rest and prioritize your physical and emotional well-being.
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Main Conference
You are currently in the main conference hall, this is where you can view all of the presentations. Participate in the Q+A by submitting your questions next to the stage!
Scavenger Hunt
Live only: Find a dragonfly in each of the vendor pages, then click and fill out the form to enter to win $300. Each dragonfly is an additional chance to win. Thank you David Smith (EDUCARE board President) for the prize donation.
Continuing Education
This program offers 6 CEUs (3 Ethics). After the presentation is over, navigate to the CEU page on the top menu (or click here) to complete and submit the evaluation forms for the CEUs you need.
MAIN STAGE
AGENDA
7:30am – 8:30am
Welcome & Introduction
Take a tour of the virtual space with Roger Courville.
Sharyn Fein, EDUCARE Executive Director, Welcomes You.
8:30am- 9:45am
Intensive Care: Holding Fatigue, Grief and Joy Through the Arts
KEYNOTE: Tara Rynders: MFA, BSN, BA, RN-BC
Recognizing myths about grief, discussing the ways we cover our own suffering from grief and how it leads to the inability to recognize suffering in others, and learning the tools to practice self-compassion in the moment of suffering.
9:45am- 10:00am
BREAK
Visit Vendor Gallery, Play Scavenger Hunt (live only)
10:00am – 11:15am
Grief Stories, Moral Injury, Confession and Racism at the Bedside
KEYNOTE: Tara Rynders, MFA, BSN, BA, RN-BC
Discussing the ethical consequences of caring from a place of burnout, defining our personal bias and how they are upheld in our healthcare systems.
11:15am – 12:00pm
Movement as Medicine for Systemic Healing and Resilience
Jule Aguirre, M. Ed., LPC, NCC, Certified Nia Trainer
Engaging the mind with tracking movement patterns, cross-patterning for right/left brain stimulation, using movement as a tool for calming and releasing the stress, tension, and fatigue associated with Compassion Fatigue.
12:00pm – 1:00pm
LUNCH.
Visit Vendor Gallery, Play Scavenger Hunt (live only.)
1:00pm – 2:15pm
Creative Expression, Freedom to Choose Pleasure, Leaving Behind Guilt & Shame
KEYNOTE: Tara Rynders, MFA, BSN, BA, RN-BC
Discussing how creative caregiving can be implemented into our daily lives, demonstrating how the arts and movement can help process trauma.
2:15pm – 2:30pm
FINAL BREAK
Visit Vendor Gallery, Play Scavenger Hunt (live only.)
2:30pm – 3:00pm
HandPan Sound Bath
Saffire Bouchelion, Embodyologist, 1st Degree Black Belt Nia Instructor, Author
Relaxing the nervous system and calming the mind to promote deeper learning, integration and embodiment of resilience.
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue and Resilience, in the Time of a Pandemic
Dr. Casanova, MD, FAAHPM
Discuss the ethical challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, and models for moving forward with advanced care planning for patients affected directly and indirectly by pandemic.