Practical Details

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Dates and Schedule for 2009 Course

January 3- 11, 2009	Residential session at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado
January 12 - May 6, 2009	Fifteen-week Online, distance learning course
May 7 - 15, 2009	Residential session at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado

Program structure

The training includes two, seven-day residential sessions, interspersed with a fifteen-week online, distance learning course.

Eligibility of participants

While in training, participants are encouraged to demonstrate the practical application of the material and practices in direct care work.Therefore, eligible applicants include professionals currently working in health care and human services with seriously ill or bereaved children as well as adults and students of these professions who are currently engaged in a clinical setting. Volunteers working in end of life care settings will also be considered for admission.

Requirements for Certificate of Completion

• Attend and participate in all the residential and online sessions
• Maintain a daily meditation practice
• Integrate meditation practice in your health care work and keep a journal of insights
• Design a project or research paper based on a training theme - which may include proposing a way to positively impact the delivery of end-of-life care in your local community or your place of work

"As a physician who has practiced radiation oncology, this program provided me with a comprehensive framework for end-of-life care through its didactic and experiential components..." --Carole Milligan, MD

Credit and Tuition

Continuing education credit for nurses, social workers, counselors and physicians is available through Naropa University, Rigpa's Spiritual Care Program, and the Institute for Religion and Health. Applicable registration fees will charged for CEUs and CMEs.

Non-Credit: $4,750
For-Credit (graduate credit pending): $5,288

Naropa University

Naropa University is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian liberal arts institution whose core mission is contemplative education. Contemplative education is an approach to learning that integrates the best of Eastern andWestern educational traditions. Naropa University offers courses that cultivate awareness of the present moment, sharpen critical intellect, enhance resourcefulness, and encourage the integration of world wisdom traditions with modern culture.

Extended Studies brings these programs to the community by presenting workshops, conferences, certifications, professional development, online education, lectures and classes open to the public, creating a unique approach to learning and personal growth, and serving as a resource for community building and lifelong learning.

For more information, please contact:
Naropa University School of Extended Studies
Center for Contemplative End of Life Care
909 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
USA

Telephone: 800-603-3117 or 303-245-4800
Email: extend@naropa.edu
Website: www.naropa.edu/contemplativecare