Course Syllabus:
Burnout: How to Diagnose Properly and Treatment Options for Improved Chiropractic Patient Care
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
To educate Chiropractors about Burnout and how it affects their patients care, mental and physical health
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
The purpose of this course is to improve patients care by educating Chiropractors about an often-missed comorbidity, Burnout.
OVERVIEW OF COURSE:
This course will provide Chiropractors with the basic principles to diagnosis and treat Burnout. It will include instructions on what is Burnout, how do diagnose it through a patient’s history & physical exam and how to properly treat.
COURSE OUTLINE HOUR 1:
- Discuss what is Burnout and how it impacts a patient’s health and chiropractic care
- Discuss how it causes emotional symptoms
- Discuss how it causes physical symptoms
- Review questions to include while doing a medical history
- Review key complaints to look for in a medical history
- Review physical tests to perform during the exam
- Review lab tests that may be helpful
COURSE OUTLINE HOUR 2:
- Review treatment options
- Mindfulness training
- Breathing exercises
- Visualization
- Lifestyle changes
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Yoga & Exercise
- Nutritional supplements
- Mindfulness training