Wellbeing for Health Professionals Fall 2025
Enhance your wellbeing with evidence-based strategies focusing on Time, Space, and Relationships. Build resilience and improve mental, emotional, and physical health in your professional life.
Syllabus
Welcome to the Course! Let's Get to Know One Another
Wellbeing Practice Journal
Reflect: What are your intentions? (15 min)
Video 1: Introducing Perennial
Video: Meet the Instructors: Dr. Britt Yamamoto
Video: Meet the instructors: Eslinda Hamzah
Video: Meet the Instructors: Dr. Abbal Koirala
Video: Welcome and Overview
Video: Soil Building
Video: Time + Space + Relationship
Video: Setting Expectations
Welcome to Module 1
Module 1 Learning Objectives
Video: Wellbeing: Why it Matters
Wellbeing: Why It Matters (Voices from Community of Practice)
Definition of Wellbeing (Voices from Community of Practice)
Reflect: Wellbeing: Why It Matters (15 mins)
Video: Beyond Self-Care and Work-Life Balance
Reflect: Beyond Self Care and Work-Life Balance (15 mins)
Video: What Is the Cost of Burnout?
Video: Cost of Burnout
Cost of Burnout: Women and Wellbeing
Reflect: What Is the Cost of Burnout? (15 mins)
Read: Burnout (20 minutes)
Video: What Makes a Fire Burn
Reflect: What Makes a Fire Burn (20 mins)
Video: Self Assessment
Self Assessment (20 min)
Self-Assessment Scoring (5 min)
Readings and Resources
Module 1 Discussion (20 min)
Module 1 Summary
Quiz: Module 1 (15 min)
Welcome to Module 2: The Science of Wellbeing
Learning Objectives
Self Assessment Debrief
Reflect: Self Assessment Debrief (15 mins)
Video: Science of Wellbeing
Reflect: Science of Wellbeing (15 mins)
Guided Visualization
Reflect: Guided Visualization 15 mins)
Video: Reactive vs. Responsive
Reflect: Recognizing Contraction and Expansion (30 mins)
Reading: Stress Response (10 min)
Optional Reading
Activity: Recognizing Your Emotional Cues and Triggers (30 min)
Module 2 Discussion (20 min)
Module 2 Summary
Quiz: Module 2 ( 15 min)
Welcome to Module 3: Time as a Resource for Wellbeing
Learning Objectives
Video: Time + Wellbeing
Reflect: Time + Wellbeing (15 min)
Video: Understanding Fallow
Read: Soil of Leadership Chapter 5 - Fallow (30 min)
Reflect: Understanding Fallow (15 min)
Video: Identifying Work Habits and Patterns Causing Burnout
Reflect: Identifying Work Habits and Patterns Causing Burnout (15 min)
Activity: Practicing Fallow Time in Your Daily Life (30 min)
Gloria Mark: The Future of Attention
Read: Gloria Mark: The Cost of Interrupted Work
Reflect: The Future of Attention (15 min)
Module 3 Discussion (15 min)
Module 3 Summary
Quiz: Module 3 (15 min)
Welcome to Module 4: Creating Space for Wellbeing
Learning Objectives
Space + Wellbeing
Reflect: Space + Wellbeing (15 min)
Video: Understanding Spaciousness
Reflect: Understanding Spaciousness (15 min)
Video: How to Create Boundaries
Reflect: How to Create Boundaries (15 min)
Video: Creating Environments that Nurture Growth (2 min)
Activity: Creating Physical and Mental Space (30 min)
Reflect: Creating Environments that Nurture Growth
Module 4 Discussion (20 min)
Module 4 Summary
Quiz: Module 4 (15 min)
Cultivating Relationships for Wellbeing
Learning Objectives
Video: Relationship + Wellbeing
Reflect: Relationship + Wellbeing (10 min)
Video: Relationship with Self
Reflect : Relationship + Self (10 mins)
Video: Relationships with Others
Reflect: Relationship + Others (10 min)
Activity: Strengthening Connections with Yourself and Others (30 min)
Discussion: Module 5 (20 min)
Module 5 Summary (5 min)
Quiz: Module 5 (15 min)