Recognise, understand and prevent compassion fatigue in health professionals and professionals in training.
On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Understand what compassion fatigue is and be familiar with common cognitive, physical and behavioural symptoms of compassion fatigue
- Identify causes and factors that contribute to compassion fatigue
- Become familiar with who is at risk of developing compassion fatigue
- Know the difference between compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout
- Undertake a brief compassion fatigue self-assessment (The PROQOL)
- Become familiar with the clinical implications of experiencing compassion fatigue
- Become familiar with strategies to prevent and manage compassion fatigue
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