Rural Resilience Lecture Series part 4 of 4 - Self-Care: Taking Care of Myself So I Can Help Others!

August 29th 11am

Register for Rural Resilience Lecture

Community Health Engagement and Outreach invites you to join a bimonthly lecture series featuring renowned experts in the topic of resilience. Service providers, educators, and community members will engage in practical content related to stress, coping, and health equity.

As part of a Rural Health Safety Education (RHSE) grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), we strive to increase capacity for research- and evidence-based substance misuse prevention and resilience education in Missouri. We will host a total of 4 virtual webinars, one in February, April, June, and August, to help us obtain the goal of increasing the capacity of professionals and community-based organizations serving rural or marginalized communities. The webinars will provide educational programming for professional development in prevention and resilience as well as build awareness, increase skills, and disseminate resources.

Our final speaker in the series will be Scott Breedlove. Scott will be discussing the importance of self-care for the busy professional. The training will provide definitions for various subjects such as compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and secondary trauma. The training will help participants identify warning signs of burnout and provide participants practical tools on how to create a personal wellness plan.

Cost: Free

Register: Rural Resilience Lecture Series - Self-Care: Taking Care of Myself So I Can Help Others! | MU Extension (missouri.edu)

Contact: Michelle McDowell, mcdowellm@missouri.edu(opens in new window), 573-882-5918

The Rural Health Education Resilience Lecture Series is presented to you through partnerships across the MU Health System and Extension as the Office of Health Outreach Policy & Education (HOPE). Community Health Engagement and Outreach (CHEO) works within HOPE to provide professional development and education, community engagement and partnerships, and policy which supports the CHEO mission to improve health and well-being of Missourians at every stage of life.

This program is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Rural Health and Safety Education Program. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by USDA-NIFA, or the U.S Government