Course Title: Mind-Body Medicine
Credits: 1 hour of CME; 1.2 nursing contact hours (CEU)
Cost: Free

Lecturer: David Spiegel, M.D., Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor in the School of Medicine Associate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

Learning Objectives:

– Recognize the relationship between stress, altered mental states, and illness
– Discuss the benefits of integrative medicine
– Explain hypnosis and its effects
– Describe the use of mind-body medicine for the treatment of cancer
– Identify the importance of support groups for patients with cancer