Rana Yamout, GS&E Training Participant and Head of Palliative Care Services - AUB-MC Hospital Beirut, 10/10
“It was great honestly and helped a lot in managing the team stress during difficult times.”
Workshop & Training - Performing under pressure: tools for medical staff
YOU...
Medical staff operate in a structurally high-pressure environment: emergencies, heavy workloads, exposure to suffering, and critical decisions.
Chronic stress in this context not only harms the well-being of healthcare professionals—it also potentially impacts the quality of care and patient safety.
This training was delivered in 2026 at the American University of Beirut (AUB): results over 8 weeks—8.8/10 overall satisfaction, 80% of participants reported improved stress management, and 100% recommended the training.
You work in a high-pressure medical environment and you feel the stress building up.
Are you a healthcare manager looking to equip your teams to deal with burnout?
You want to maintain your capacity for empathy and decision-making even in the most difficult situations
Are you looking for a secular, science-based approach that can be directly applied to your practice?
Why choose this path?
A pragmatic approach that radically transforms your relationship with everyday life.
Understanding what happens in the body and brain under acute or chronic stress
Develop a concentration practice that preserves decision-making clarity under pressure
Mastering breathing techniques that can be used in seconds, between consultations or during an emergency
Learning to manage empathy without compassion exhaustion
Leave with a personalized flash protocol, adapted to the constraints of the medical environment
Step 1 — Calm the body through breathing
Breathing is the only function of the autonomic nervous system that we can consciously control. By modulating its rate and depth, we directly affect the vagus nerve—the body's parasympathetic brake—and reduce cortisol and adrenaline levels. "Breathing creates mood changes, not the other way around." — Prof. Kraswnow PhD, Stanford, 2017.
Step 2 — Calming the mind through mindfulness
Once the body is stabilized, focused attention practices reduce the activity of the default mode network (rumination, mental noise) and strengthen the prefrontal cortex—the seat of decision-making and empathy. These practices are cumulative: a few minutes a day are enough to observe measurable effects within a few weeks.
What the training includes
* The mechanisms of stress in the medical field: amygdala, prefrontal cortex, decision-making under pressure
* The performance paradox: why we lose access to our intelligence under stress—and how to remedy it
* Quick breathing techniques: physiological sigh, 3 breaths, 3/6 breathing—in 30 seconds
* Short concentration meditation: 3 to 5 minutes to reset the nervous system
* Managing empathy: compassion fatigue, mirror neurons, healthy emotional distance
* Developing a personal protocol adapted to the constraints of your practice
Formats:
3-hour workshop or 8-week training program (1 session/week of 1 hour) | In-person or online — available in French or English | Target audience: medical staff, healthcare managers, hospital teams
Terms :
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