Sustaining the Helper: Strategies to Reduce Compassion Fatigue and Support Long‑Term Practice (5/14/2026)

May 14, 2026

Activity Description

This course focuses on recognizing and addressing compassion fatigue in healthcare professionals. Using evidence‑based content, reflection, and practical strategies, the course supports learners in building awareness, differentiating compassion fatigue from burnout, and applying approaches that promote resilience and long‑term practice sustainability.

Target Audience

Nurses
Social Workers
Physicians

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify key characteristics and risk factors associated with compassion fatigue
  2. Differentiate compassion fatigue from burnout in healthcare settings
  3. Recognize common physical, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual symptoms
  4. Apply evidence‑based strategies to mitigate compassion fatigue in professional practice
  5. Evaluate personal risk using validated self‑assessment tools
Course summary
Available credit (Listed in Hours): 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 ASWB ACE Credit
  • 1.00 Attendance/Participation
Course opens: 
04/24/2026
Course expires: 
06/28/2026
Event starts: 
05/14/2026 - 1:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
05/14/2026 - 2:00pm CDT
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Name

Role in Activity

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Company

Current Relationship

Nature of Relationship

Alex Saperstein, LPC

Speaker / Planner

None

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Yvette Vera, LAC, NCC

Speaker / Planner

None

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Kari Muskopf, MSOT, OTR/L

Planner

None

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Judith Wanyoike, MHRM, MSN, RN

Planner

None

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Shelley Lathrop, LICSW

Planner

None

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Jennifer Jackson-Wohl, DO, CHCQM, FABQAURP

Planner

None

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Stan Waddell, LPC-S

Independent Reviewer

None

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Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education (Centene Institute) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Centene Institute ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

None of the Centene Institute staff members have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
 
 
 
Credit Designation Statements
 
Physicians
The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Nurses
The Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education® designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours.
 
Social Workers

 
 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Centene Institute for Advanced Education® 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 under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 General continuing education credits.
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Available Credit (Listed in Hours)

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 ASWB ACE Credit
  • 1.00 Attendance/Participation
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This course is restricted to Centene employees.

Since CE boards may have changes in requirements, it is the responsibility of the attendee to verify with their boards if they accept the CEs being offered.

ADA Accommodations: Please contact us at [email protected] at least two weeks in advance of the training date to arrange accommodations.

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