Our trainings, conducted in association with Harvard Medical School, provide health care professionals with the tools to add mind body techniques into their existing practices. In 2011, over 90% of attendees of the Revolutionary Practice of Mind Body Medicine training ranked the program as "Above Average" or "Superior" to other graduate courses. In 2012, participants in our June CME offering felt twice as confident in their ability to run a mind body program with patients after taking our course.
Continuing Medical Education Trainings
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine courses offered in conjunction with the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education (DCE) are consistently among the highest rated of all the Harvard Medical School DCE offerings. They are held in Boston unless noted otherwise.
The Revolutionary Practice of Mind Body Medicine - Directed by Peg Baim, MS, NP and Herbert Benson, MD
This four-day course provides instruction and experience in the practice of the foundational elements of mind body medicine - relaxation response, cognitive/behavioral strategies, movement, nutrition, and belief - both for integration into individual practice and as a basis for establishment of a mind/body clinical program. A comprehensive overview of recent published literature and relevant research is also included.
Dates:
September 17, 2013 to September 20, 2013*
Changing Lifestyle with Mind Body Medicine: How to Build Resiliency in Patients - Directed by Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH and Herbert Benson, MD
This one-day course is an introduction to the principles of resiliency and mind body medicine, with an emphasis on preventive care and disease management through relaxation response resiliency programs. The course will explain the scientific foundations of mind body medicine and how these approaches can empower patients to make lifestyle changes to promote health and well-being in a cost-effective manner. It is designed to encourage participant interaction and combines didactic and experiential learning.
Date:
December 6, 2013*
*Course dates are official, however program information has not been finalized. Please check back for additional course information and to register; registration typically begins five months prior to course start date.
You may also contact the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education with any questions: by email at hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu or by phone at (617)384-8600.
