• Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give
  • Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give

Search

  • A-Z Index
  • Map

College of Communication and Information

  • Future Students
    • Undergraduate
    • Online Master’s
    • Residential Master’s
    • Doctoral
  • Current Students
    • Undergraduate
    • Graduate
  • Student Experience
    • Student Organizations
    • Hands-On Opportunities
    • Programs Abroad
  • Alumni & Friends
    • Giving Opportunities
    • Alumni Awards
    • Scholarships
  • Research & Innovation
  • About CCI
    • Overview
    • Directory
    • DEI
    • Board of Visitors
    • Join Our Team
  1. Home
  2. Faculty News
  3. Professors Teach Stress Reduction to Hospital Students, Employees

Professors Teach Stress Reduction to Hospital Students, Employees

April 27, 2020 by

UT Medical Center

Working in the medical field can be stressful even in the best of times, but the COVID-19 pandemic has many medical professionals feeling overwhelmed.

To counteract this, professors Joan Rentsch of the College of Communication and Information and David Patterson of the College of Social Work are leading weekly sessions in mindfulness-based stress reduction with medical residents and employees at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

The Zoom sessions include short guided meditation practices for the 25 to 35 participants, followed by time for discussion and teaching. Sessions usually finish in less than an hour.

“Mindfulness practices can aid participants in responding to stressors in their lives,” Rentsch said, with research evidence revealing that physiological changes to the body include improved immune functioning. “These sessions provide participants with an opportunity for self-care within a community context during this stressful time, which is also very important.”

Continue to news.utk.edu for the full story.

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News Tagged With: Communication Studies

College of Communication and Information

302 Communication & Information Building
1345 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-0332

Email: cci@utk.edu

Undergraduate Advising Phone: 865-974-3603
Administration Office Phone: 865-974-3031

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-1000

The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.

ADA Privacy Safety Title IX