Inner Pharmacy-Using Our Senses for Healing and Self-Care
This course is eligible for one hour of CE/CME for MDs, PAs, NPs, RNs, LPNs, LVNs, Social Workers, and Long Term Care Administrators.
This session will offer tools for self-care that use sensory input to calm the nervous system and create self-regulation and healing. The senses are gateways between the external and internal worlds and by being aware of sensory input and using the proper sensory input we can directly impact the nervous system to create healing. We will review the mechanisms of action behind using senses for healing and provide accessible tools for both caregivers and patients.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the Impact of Sensory input on our nervous system
- Learn about the mechanisms of action each of the senses and the ANS
- Provide tools and practices to immediately impact the nervous system to create calm in the mind and body
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If you have questions about this course please email HOSLDInstructors@AccentCare.com
Presenter Information
Sheila Patel, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Chopra Global
Sheila Patel, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global and a board-certified family physician who is passionate about integrating holistic healing practices into the Western medical system. She earned her MD at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, and completed residency in family medicine at Ventura County Medical Center in California. For over a decade, she practiced full-spectrum family medicine. She currently maintains an outpatient primary care practice in Southern California, which includes preventive medicine with an emphasis on lifestyle.
Dr. Patel is also a volunteer clinical faculty member at the University of California-San Diego School of Family Medicine and Public Health. She has mentored medical students in primary care and integrative medicine to help train the next generation of physicians to bring true healing into medicine.
She is certified as an instructor of Ayurveda, yoga, and meditation and is a lead educator for the Chopra meditation and health certification programs. She has spoken nationally and internationally on various mind-body health topics and how to shift the paradigm of healing to help people thrive and reach their full potential.
Accrediting Information
AccentCare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AccentCare maintains responsibility for the courses offered above. ACE provider approval period: 1/20/2022-1/20/2025.
AccentCare is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Provider Number: P0355
AccentCare is approved to offer select CME listed on this page via the American Academy of Family Physicians.
AccentCare is approved to offer select Long Term Care Administrator credit listed on this page via the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards.