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Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Practitioners Self-Care and Practice Recommendations

Studies showing the benefits of integrative therapies for COVID-19 provide an opportunity for integrative medicine to emerge as something that can’t be ignored, said Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, at the 2023 Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York City.

It’s well-known that with the COVID-19 pandemic came a drastic increase in the level of burnout among healthcare providers. According to Alschuler, professor of clinical medicine at the University of Arizona, integrative and conventional practitioners alike reported significant increases in feelings of burnout as well as a decrease in overall wellbeing. In response a movement came about that encouraged healthcare practitioner wellness and self-care through lifestyle interventions.

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