Workshop Description

The Kelee Medicine Workshop is a program designed for healthcare providers interested in reducing burnout, improving mental strength, and developing self-compassion.  Dr. Daniel Lee, Dr. Amy Sitapati, and faculty will lead participants in lecture, panel discussion, and group breakout sessions of Kelee meditation and its application in patient care.  Through the practice of Kelee meditation, healthcare providers will build self-compassion, mental strength, and detachment to reduce burnout, improve provider stillness of mind, which can translate to an improved patient care experience for both the patient and the provider.

Target Audience (20-40 participants)

This course is designed for healthcare providers of all specialties, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other members of the healthcare team wishing to work more efficiently and effectively with their colleagues, patients, and within healthcare systems.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the webinar, participants should be able to:

• Describe how being centered is achieved through the practice of Kelee meditation
• Understand how the essence of empathy and compassion relate to medicine
• Experience how to perform the 5-minute Kelee meditation in group breakout sessions

Workshop Schedule/Agenda (times are flexible)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM              Welcome from Kelee Foundation

Nikki Walsh, MBA (moderator)

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM              Keynote Talk:  “How to Find your Center with Kelee Meditation”

Daniel Lee, MD

9:15PM – 10:15 PM             Conversation on “The Essence of Empathy and Compassion as it Relates to the Practice of Medicine”

Ron W. Rathbun, Founder of the Kelee and Kelee Meditation and Daniel Lee, MD

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM         Break

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM         Being Centered:  Application to Cancer Survivorship

Amy Sitapati, MD

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM         Being Centered:  Application to Patient Care

Sanjeev Bhavnani, MD

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM         Being Centered:  Application to Self-Care

Ankita Kadakia, MD

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM           Lunch with Faculty

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM              Breakout Sessions (4-8 facilitators, each with 5-6 participants – may be dependent on number of rooms)

2:30 PM – 2:35 PM              Break

2:35 PM – 2:50 PM              Open Q&A Session

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM              Closing Remarks

Nikki Walsh, MBA

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have been burning out at an alarming rate.  Working directly with patients with cancer, who may be terminally ill, is especially challenging when we deeply care about our patients.  How do you care for others without it coming at your own expense?  Caring often attaches us to our patients, thus affecting our mental health especially when our patients are sick or pass away. Learning the “art of detachment” through the practice of Kelee meditation can help you to learn how to care for yourself first.  When you learn to care for yourself first, you can then be in a better, more centered space in order to help your patients.

The Kelee Foundation (www.thekelee.org) will be offering an in-person workshop focusing on how to clear your mind of negative thoughts and feelings (known as compartments) in your Kelee.  It is through learning mental stillness via Kelee meditation that you can learn how not to continue to feed your negative compartments with mental energy.  When you learn how to find your own center, you will not be pulled or pushed off-center in your life.  The upcoming AVAHO Annual Meeting will be held in San Diego, California and will be offering a Kelee Medicine Workshop on Thursday, September 15^th, 2022 for the first 40 participants that sign up for the workshop.  The format of this hands-on, experiential workshop includes an introductory lecture about Kelee meditation and its application to patient care, including an interactive discussion about the essence of empathy and compassion, and a breakout session to teach you how to perform this quick 5-minute meditation done twice daily.  We hope you join us on Thursday, September 15^th, 2022.

For more information about the Kelee and Kelee meditation, please check out the Kelee Foundation webpage at www.thekelee.org.

Daniel Lee, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health – UCSD Owen Clinic

From the AVAHO Administration:

• Registration will be limited to the first 40 applicants.
• A $75 registration fee will be collected upon registration.  This registration fee will be COMPLETELY
• refunded upon successful completion of the workshop.
• The additional nights hotel room will also be COMPLETELY refunded upon successful completion of the workshop.