Enhancing Professional Wellbeing

Type:
  Course
Duration:
2 hours
CE credits:
2.0 CEs
Presented by:
DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence
Developed by:
DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence and Psych Hub
Also available in:
Español
Relevant categories:
Resilience Workplace Wellbeing
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Overview

The Enhancing Professional Wellbeing course is designed to explore ways to maintain personal wellbeing, support a positive working environment, and reduce feelings of burnout. Learn about wellbeing from fellow LA County employees and explore fictional situations to gain strategies for supporting professional wellbeing.

  Keywords: professional wellbeing, relaxation, stress
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Learning objectives

  • Describe the importance of professional wellbeing
  • List four key elements in cultivating wellbeing in the workplace
  • Apply tools to build self-awareness, emotional regulation, effective communication, and boundary management skills
  • Explain how these four skills support professional wellbeing

Professional credit

  • This activity offers the following types of credit: APA
  • 2.0 CEs are available.
  • Additional details can be found in the activity document for this resource.

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