Burnout Relief for Healthcare Providers in Mexico

Our Stress Toolbox Workshops for Healthcare providers continues to bring burnout relief while the pandemic endures in Mexico. Thanks to your ongoing support, 300 more doctors, nurses, and medical staff across 3 Mexican states have benefitted from the program since our last report.  To be sure our efforts are getting the results our participants need, we rigorously evaluate the outcomes of the course, and are pleased to share them with you. The course results show not only a significant drop in levels of anxiety and stress but they also show a substantial decrease in participants’ level of depression and symptoms of burnout. Here are a few key highlights for you:

• 98% feel they can count on more tools to help them face the pandemic.
• 94% reported that the tools they learned are helping them to better manage their stress levels.
• 91% improved their attention to patients.
• 94% improved their relationships with their colleagues.
• 59% felt some level of depression prior to joining the course. That number was reduced to just 32% by the end of the course.

These results give us confidence that we are on the right track, and testimonials from our participants speak to the relief they feel now that they have the inner tools to face the enormous adversity in front of them. One participant said, 

“I learned to manage my stress and anxiety, to live calmly amongst the chaos. I don’t reject stress; thanks to you I now know how to face it with the tools I have learned.” 

On behalf of all healthcare providers who have been armed with the inner tools to be at their best to keep everyone safe, we would like to thank our donors for their support and trust. We would also like to extend a special thank you to our recurring donors for being behind us every step of the way. Your ongoing support is a steady reminder that we are all in this together, and an inspirational force that nurtures weary workers through a deadly pandemic.

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.”  – Helen Keller

Our healthcare professionals treat and care for a seemingly endless line of sick, scared and contagious people who have been infected with COVID19. They cannot control the raging pandemic, yet are responsible for minimizing the impact. This scenario of feeling pressure to keep everyone (including themselves and their families) safe while having no control over how many people are affected creates a highly stressful working environment. The Stress Toolbox workshop delivers practical tools and strategies to protect the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers. This is fundamental in reducing workplace burnout and empowering the people we need the most to be at their best.

Over 600 more healthcare providers have participated in our workshop since our last report, and we are excited to share the results with you! Click on the images below to get the numbers and the feedback from participants. The participants of our workshops express their profound gratitude to all who support this initiative. Without our valued donors, we would not be able to reach out to so many skilled, essential professionals who are battling internally while they face a deadly virus head-on. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for joining our efforts to protect the mental wellbeing of our brave healthcare workers!

• Results on stress levels (PDF)
  
• Results on anxiety levels (PDF)
  
• A word from our participant (PDF)
  
• What the course means to healthcare workers (PDF)
  
• A workshop for all! (PDF)