Continuing Education Credit Co-Sponsorship Program for Certified MSC Teachers

Requirements vary by course format. License information is required for all participants requesting CE credit.

Promotional materials (web pages, flyers, email announcements) should include the MSC course description, objectives, dates and location, course fees, and teacher(s)' bio(s).

Learning Objectives — 8-week MSC / 5-day MSC Intensive / LOMSC

These objectives must be included in your promotional materials.

1. Describe the theory and research supporting mindful self-compassion.
2. Develop and apply self-compassion practices to motivate themselves with encouragement rather than self-criticism.
3. Assess and manage difficult situations and emotions with greater moment-to-moment acceptance.
4. Develop and apply self-compassion practices to respond to feelings of failure or inadequacy with self-kindness.
5. Apply self-validation to transform difficult relationships, old and new.
6. Utilize the art of savoring and self-appreciation to overcome negative attention bias.
7. Apply core mindfulness and self-compassion practices into daily life.
8. Demonstrate simple self-compassion practices to patients, students, or clients.

Learning Objectives — MSC Core Skills (2-day / 4-day online)

These objectives must be included in your promotional materials.

1. Identify the three key components of self-compassion.
2. Describe key research that supports the benefits of self-compassion.
3. Apply techniques to increase self-compassion in everyday life.
4. Use self-compassion to alleviate caregiver burnout.
5. Utilize self-compassion practice to motivate behavior change.
6. Develop and apply self-compassion practices to respond to feelings of failure or inadequacy with self-kindness.
7. Assess and manage difficult situations and emotions with greater moment-to-moment acceptance.

Learning Objectives — 6-week SCHC and SC-MSC

These objectives must be included in your promotional materials.

1. Describe the main components of self-compassion and mindfulness and how they may be integrated into their role as healthcare professionals.
2. Explain the difference between empathy and compassion and utilize strategies to avoid emotional exhaustion.
3. Demonstrate strategies they can use on the job to regulate difficult emotions while caring for others in pain.
4. Apply at least one skill from each session to help them regulate emotions and care for themselves emotionally while caring for others who are experiencing difficulty.

Provide a CE certificate to each participant who requested CE credit upon completion of the course. Use the correct credit hours for your course format:

Please review the sample evaluation form. Evaluation forms must include measurable assessment questions for the Learning Objectives, plus the following required questions:

1. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program?
   1   2   3   4   5  —  Very little → Great deal
2. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development?
   1   2   3   4   5  —  Not useful → Extremely useful
3. Overall, instructors' level of knowledge, expertise, and teaching abilities were:
   1   2   3   4   5  —  Poor → Excellent

Scanned Attendance Sheet & Sign-in/out Sheet

License information is required for all participants who obtained CE credit.

Evaluations

Submit a summary of evaluations.