section 3: Mindfulness for your patients

Assignments:

  1. Watch the introductory video Using Mindfulness in the Clinic.

  2. Watch When to Consider Mindfulness for Patients.

  3. Review the handout for Initial Assessment. Modify as you see fit and then incorporate into your clinic intake paperwork for new patients.

  4. For patients that are interested, assign staff to follow-up with appropriate handouts and instruction on where to access the meditations. You can direct patients to the Navigating the Website video available on my website at www.jointhecircleofhope.com/videos.

  5. Review Patient Handouts on Mindfulness Meditation and How to Access Meditations. Print some for your clinic exam rooms.

  6. Notify Dr. Cooke via email (dr.ellen@jointhecircleofhope.com) if you would like to receive Circle of Hope cards to be available to handout in clinic. Please include the address to which they should be sent.

  7. Listen to the following guided meditations to decide if you’d like to offer them to patients in clinic: waiting room meditation, pre-procedure exercise, pre-chemotherapy meditation, radiation therapy meditation. If you want to offer them, you can directly download from this course to be played on any device in your clinic, or you can direct patients to https://www.jointhecircleofhope.com/meditations-for-subscribers password: presence.

  8. Go to the homepage of the course. Under Resources, you will find additional guided meditations for patients. You will also find some additional printable handouts.

  9. To receive continuing education credit, please follow this link to Pimed’s website to complete the evaluation.

 
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Testimonials

“Dr. Ellen Cooke is a masterful physician and meditation leader.  I started working with Dr. Cooke 2 years ago at which time, she was creating Circle of Hope.  I was so impressed with the way she was able to encourage others to use meditation to improve their lives.  She now has created a custom meditation program for my company.  My clients are raving fans and Dr. Cooke is a regular at our live workouts where she ends the session with a customized meditation.  She has allowed me to use mindfulness in my work and in my everyday life.  Dr. Cooke is beyond gifted and I am so fortunate to learn from her.”

~Dr. Ali N. (Life Coaching for Women Physicians)

“I really like the “Meditation of the Week” each week…the centering thought, the deep breathing sessions, and the length of quiet time. Hopefully, with enough practice, I'll get better at being in the present moment. Learning to do so promises a way to handle what all of us experience (anxiety, impatience AND restlessness)! Thank you for these excellent, informative and useful meditation sessions.”

~ a loyal Circle of Hope follower!

“As a fellow healthcare provider in the oncology field, I have found Circle of Hope and Dr. Cooke's guided meditations to be invaluable in both my career and my personal life. A cancer diagnosis and the associated treatments are not just physically challenging, but emotionally challenging as well. I have been grateful to have this resource to share with my patients to help address the emotional challenges they may face. In my personal life, I have found meditation to be helpful in managing daily stress and feelings of being overwhelmed and stretched too thin.”

~Staci C.

 
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