RISHI at Pure Healthcare held its Tending the FlameTM Training Workshop for clinicians and graduate program learners April 29 – May 1 at Pure Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio. Attendees were from hospitals and residency programs throughout the nation.

Participants represented institutions such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California; Cincinnati Children’s in Cincinnati, Ohio; Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois; the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.

This was the first time RISHI held a training workshop at Pure Healthcare. The RISHI teaching staff had the privilege of training physicians, chaplains, and, for the first time, a licensed mental health therapist during the workshop.

“The mental health therapist hopes to bring RISHI’s Tending the Flame program to their state Mental Health Therapist Association,” said Dr. Evangeline Andarsio, director of RISHI at Pure Healthcare. “Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, the founder of RISHI, was able to join us via videoconference to share her wisdom and stories surrounding meaning, medicine, resiliency, and calling.”

For more information about RISHI’s Tending the Flame Program, please contact Dr. Andarsio at EAndarsio@PureHealthcare.org or view the website at: www.RISHIPrograms.org

RISHI at Pure Healthcare has provided education and support programs for health professionals who aspire to bring their hearts into their work and are dedicated to practicing a medicine of service, human connection, and compassionate healing. The mission of RISHI at Pure Healthcare is to contribute to healing the culture of healthcare throughout innovative educational programs and the formation of supportive communities. Its programs provide innovative tools, practices and resources to enable health professionals to sustain their service values, their humanity and their passion for their work.