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Burnout in the Healthcare Setting
This course provides an overview of burnout as it relates to mental health, substance use treatment, and medical facility settings. It explores how burnout develops over time, how it intersects with compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress, and how it impacts clinical functioning and quality of care. The course also reviews practical strategies for recognizing, preventing, and addressing burnout to support sustainable professional practice.
This course will award 1 continuing education hour.
This course provides an overview of burnout as it relates to mental health, substance use treatment, and medical facility settings. It explores how burnout develops over time, how it intersects with compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress, and how it impacts clinical functioning and quality of care. The course also reviews practical strategies for recognizing, preventing, and addressing burnout to support sustainable professional practice.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, learners should be able to:
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Define burnout and describe its core components
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Differentiate burnout from normal occupational stress
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Explain how burnout develops over time in healthcare settings
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Distinguish between burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress
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Identify the impact of burnout on quality of care and clinical decision making
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Recognize early signs and symptoms of burnout in themselves and others
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Apply practical strategies to prevent and address burnout
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Describe approaches to building sustainable, long term professional practice
Information
- Relevance: This course is designed for licensed and credentialed healthcare professionals, including mental health clinicians, substance use counselors, nurses, and allied health providers. It is also appropriate for direct care staff and supervisors working in behavioral health and medical settings.
- Content Level: Intermediate
- Course Format: This course is offered as a self-paced distance learning format (reading-based online activity)
- System Requirements: This course is offered online. Internet connection required.
- Course Completion Information: To earn continuing education credit, professionals must register and pay the fee for the course. They must read the content and demonstrate understanding by earning a minimum score of 70 percent on testing materials. The certificate of completion will be able to be downloaded after the above is completed. Refunds will be granted upon request with the withdrawal of credit for the course. For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please call 866-863-4225 or email ContactUs@BaysideCEU.com.
- CEBroker Course ID: 1365903
- Credit Hours: 1