Medical Professionals Attend Tending the Flame™ Workshop

RISHI at Pure Healthcare held its Tending the Flame™ Training Workshop for clinicians and graduate program learners April 24-26 at Home2 Suites in Dayton, Ohio. Attendees were from hospitals, institutions and residency programs throughout the nation.

Participants represented institutions such as University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio; El Camino Hospital, California ; Harvard Combined Residency Program; Boston, MA; Kettering Health Network, Dayton, Ohio; Ohio’s Hospice, Dayton, Ohio; Peak Animal Cancer Center, Bozeman, Montana; The Permanente Medical Group, California, Tulane University; Austin, Texas; Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.

This was the first time RISHI held a training workshop at Home2 Suites. The RISHI teaching staff had the privilege of training physicians, a veterinarian and nurse.

One participant stated “the retreat was beyond what I expected. Thank you for your kindness and dedication to healthcare professional mental health”.  Dr. Evangeline Andarsio, director of RISHI at Pure Healthcare, incorporated videos of Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, the founder of RISHI, throughout the workshop to, “share her wisdom and stories surrounding meaning, medicine, resiliency, and calling.”

For more information about RISHI’s Tending the Flame Program, please contact Dr. Andarsio at EAndarsio@PureHealthcare.org or view the website at: www.RISHIPrograms.org

RISHI at Pure Healthcare has provided education and support programs for health professionals who aspire to bring their hearts into their work and are dedicated to practicing a medicine of service, human connection, and compassionate healing. The mission of RISHI at Pure Healthcare is to contribute to healing the culture of healthcare throughout innovative educational programs and the formation of supportive communities. Its programs provide innovative tools, practices and resources to enable health professionals to sustain their service values, their humanity and their passion for their work.