This 50-hour training course is designed for those who have experienced the transformative beauty of mindfulness practice in their own lives, and wish to bring it into their work with others. There will be an emphasis on continuing to deepen one’s own practice as we learn to skillfully and compassionately guide others. Participants will be offered a well-rounded understanding of the contemporary field, research findings and historical origins. Both those who are new to facilitating mindfulness a...

This 50-hour training course is designed for those who have experienced the transformative beauty of mindfulness practice in their own lives, and wish to bring it into their work with others. There will be an emphasis on continuing to deepen one’s own practice as we learn to skillfully and compassionately guide others. Participants will be offered a well-rounded understanding of the contemporary field, research findings and historical origins. Both those who are new to facilitating mindfulness a...

The Vanderbilt Tourette Syndrome Working Group Journal Club is a monthly conference during which health practitioners from multiple disciplines review and discuss a peer-reviewed publication addressing Tourette syndrome and its comorbidities. The group convenes once monthly. At the beginning of the journal club, a designated presenter summarizes the article background, study methods, results, and conclusions. During the presentation and afterwards, attendees will discuss strengths and weaknesses...

Intended for community forensic mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, and lawyers) who conduct or have expertise in clinical forensic work, as well as Vanderbilt faculty interested in forensic psychology.Activity Director Kimberly Brown, PhD has no financial relationships related to the content of this activity to disclose.

The Research Ethics Grand Rounds is offered once a semester on a Tuesday or Thursday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, One Magnolia Circle on the Peabody campus, Vanderbilt University. This series is designed to expand researcher awareness of potential ethical dilemmas and possible solutions. This series is designed to expand researcher awareness of potential ethical dilemmas and possible solutions. This series addresses topics ranging from the ethical dimensions of...

The Developmental Medicine Wednesday Conference is offered every fourth Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the Wadlington Conference Room, MCJ Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. The conference provides an opportunity to review the latest evidence about diagnosing and managing patients with presenting symptoms that may be characteristic of intellectual or development disabilities, reviews applicability to patients seen at MCJ Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and its clinics, and discuss strategies for...

Psychiatry Grand Rounds is offered weekly on Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in Luton Lecture Hall, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH), room 1206. Format rotates between presentations by visiting speakers and Vanderbilt faculty on cutting edge science and discussion of challenging cases. After participating in this CME activity, participants should be able to describe and discuss uidelines, accepted best practice and evidence from recent research related to psychopathology, diagnosis, improvin...

The activity is designed to engage the audience with active discussion and case presentations, anchored by research, ethics code, and recent publications. The discussion encourages the audience to express opinions and provide input on controversial topics.

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimers Center Lecture Series is offered every other month on the 3rd Tuesday from 8:15 to 9:15 pm in Light Hall 208 at VUMC. Each session provides opportunities for Center clinicians and staff to hear about recent advances in memory and Alzheimers research and discuss application of these advances in patient care. After participating in the lecture series, Center clinicians and staff should be able to describe and discuss evidence-based strategies for recognizing a...

The Center for Musculoskeletal Research holds regular seminars throughout the year. These seminars are designed to educate our faculty, staff and trainees, and also serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas that establishes strong collaborations between affiliated laboratories of the Center for Musculoskeletal Research and throughout the Vanderbilt campus, and with visiting investigators from outside institutions. These seminars and the resulting exchange of ideas is critical for our faculty an...