Meditation for Peak Performance and Enduring Happiness:
For Mental Health, Medical, and Surgical Practitioners
This course is offered in-person only.
Sponsored by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Meditation for Peak Performance and Enduring Happiness:
For Mental Health, Medical, and Surgical Practitioners
This evidence-based course integrates the latest and best Western scientific research on peak performance and positive psychology with ancient insights and practices from the great contemplative traditions of the East. While Western psychotherapeutic traditions have traditionally emphasized alleviating painful emotional states, the participant will focus instead on practical tools to cultivate positive emotional states and psychological resources to support mental and physical health.
Through lecture, demonstration, Q&A and experiential exercises, the participant will explore the psychology and neurobiology of peak performance, focused attention, countering the negativity bias, cultivating compassion, finding freedom from self-esteem concerns, and deepening interpersonal relationships. The participant will receive an up-to-date review of easy-to-learn contemplative practices from their ancient origins to modern brain science, learning how they work to alleviate psychological and physical distress. The participant will see how these transformative meditation practices hold great promise not only for your own personal development but also as remarkably powerful tools to augment virtually every form of psychotherapeutic and medical treatment. Participants with little meditation experience and seasoned practitioners alike will find this course beneficial both personally and clinically.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Barbara Coffey, M.D., M.S., Susan Pollak, M.T.S., Ed.D., and Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.
OBJECTIVES
- Utilize mindfulness and compassion practices to enhance peak performance and full engagement in daily activities;
- Describe the neuroscience of performance excellence, compassion cultivation, and the development of connected relationships;
- Specify meditation practices to optimize arousal states for everyday living and interpersonal interactions;
- Identify the evidence-based foundations of open monitoring, focused attention, compassion, and self-compassion practices;
- Choose specific practices for performance anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, trauma, and other psychological challenges that interfere with full engagement and performance excellence;
- Describe how to integrate Eastern meditation traditions with Western psychological approaches to benefit patients and themselves;
- Specify how to use meditation practices to work with difficult emotions such as anger and fear;
- Describe how to apply insight meditation training to cultivate presence, stability, compassion, self-compassion, and equanimity;
- Utilize insight meditation practices to enhance creativity and interpersonal relationships;
- Demonstrate the practices and principles of meditation that support personal wellbeing;
- Specify current research on gratitude and forgiveness.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023
with Susan Pollak, M.T.S., Ed.D., and Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.
| 8 :00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
|
8:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Coffee Break 10:30 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. |
|
| 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
|
1:45 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. Coffee Break 3:30 p.m. — 3:45 p.m. |
|
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023
with Susan Pollak, M.T.S., Ed.D., and Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.
|
8:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Coffee Break: 10:30 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. |
|
| 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch(on your own) |
| 1:45 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. |
|
| 5:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
ONLINE INFORMATION
To register or view activity information online, visit: https://qrco.de/bdfPad
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Physicians & Doctoral Level Professionals: $495
Nurse Practitioners & other Allied
Health Professionals: $425
Residents/Fellows in Training/
Students: $295
*All fees shown in USD. Add processing fee (non-refundable) of $10. Registration by credit card (VISA, Mastercard or American Express), fax registration is not accepted. Registration with cash payment is not permitted. Upon receipt of your paid registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate.
ELECTRONIC SYLLABUS
We provide all attendees with completely
free access to all slide presentations in digital PDF format prior to the conference. This is an environmentally friendly alternative and helps keep costs lower for all attendees. The e-syllabus will be available for 30 days after the conference.
SYLLABUS
The conference syllabus is a printed book with all slide presentations and space to take notes adjacent to each slide.
Syllabus Book: $35
INQUIRIES
Please email Kim Miele at psychcme@med.miami.edu or call 941.932.2671, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. (EST) Monday-Friday.
DISCLOSURE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST MITIGATION
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine has assessed conflict of interest with its faculty, authors, editors, and any individuals who were in a position to control the content of this CME activity.
Any identified relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine planners, content reviewers, and editorial staff disclose no relationships with ineligible entities. All the relevant financial relationships for these individuals have been mitigated.
SPECIAL REQUESTS
If special arrangements are required for an individual with a disability to attend this conference, contact Kim Miele at psychcme@med.miami.edu at least 15 days prior to the conference.
REFUND POLICY
Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be received by email. No refund will be issued should cancellation occur less than two weeks prior. “No-shows” are subject to the full course fee and no refunds will be issued once the conference has started.
Physician Credit
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
European Accreditation
Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMECs®). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMECs® can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.
Physician Assistants
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
Psychology Credit
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 13.00 CE credits will be awarded to psychologists for attendance at this conference.
Nursing
This program meets the specifications of the Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR)
Social Workers
Application for social work continuing education credit has been submitted. Please contact Kim Miele at psychcme@med.miami.edu.
Licensed Marriage Family Therapists
Application to New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy education credit has been submitted. Please contact Kim Miele at psychcme@med.miami.edu.
National Board of Certified Counselors:
Application has been made to the National Board of Certified Counselors. Please contact Kim Miele at psychcme@med.miami.edu.
 |
Barbara Coffey, M.D., M.S.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Associate Editor, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology; Author of more than 150 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, and book chapters. |
 |
Susan Pollak, M.T.S., Ed.D.Co-founder, senior teacher and advisor at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pollak was the President of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy from 2010-2020. She is the co-editor of The Cultural Transition and contributing author to Mapping the Moral Domain; Evocative Objects; and Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Dr. Pollak co-authored Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy with Thomas Pedulla and Ronald Siegel, of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy. Her most recent book is Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child By Caring for Yourself. |
 |
Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.Assistant Professor of Psychology, (part-time), Harvard Medical School. He serves on the Board of Directors and faculty, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and is author of The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary: Finding Happiness Right Where You Are and The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems; co-author of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy and Back Sense; and co-editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy and Deepening Mindfulness in Clinical Practice. He is a long-time student of mindfulness meditation and teaches internationally about the application of mindfulness practice in psychotherapy and other fields. |
COURSE LOCATION
The conference will be held in person only at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Avenue, Boston, Mass. (Phone: 617.267.5300)
ACCOMMODATIONS/TRAVEL
In keeping with public health recommendations, hotel occupancy in Boston may be restricted. The number of rooms reserved for attendees at the Fairmont Copley Plaza is limited. Please make your hotel reservation early. Call 617.267.5300 or 800.441.1414 for reservations before November 17, 2023, for the discounted group rate or visit https://book.passkey.com/go/Meditation2023
Specify that you are with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Meditation Course 2023. Please do not purchase non-refundable airline ticket(s) until you have received an email from our office confirming your paid registration.
INFORMATION
https://book.passkey.com/go/Meditation2023
Specify that you are with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Meditation Course 2023. Please do not purchase non-refundable airline ticket(s) until you have received an email from our office confirming your paid registration.