Dr Tessa Roos has taught mindfulness to health professionals in a range of clinical and academic contexts. Some of these include:
- University of Cape Town GP refresher course, “Mindfulness for busy GP’s”. January 2023.
- University of Cape Town fourth year medical student small group lectures on introduction to mindfulness, since 2021.
- Developing and convening the University of Cape Town fourth year medical student Mindful medics course since 2021.
- Weekly mindfulness groups at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital to hospital staff (health professionals, administrators and management) from 2020 to 2022
- Mindfulness workshop with district mental health nurses at Karl Bremer Hospital, 2015.
- Glynnview Medical Practice Symposium 2023 in Johannesburg, lecture on running groups with mindfulness groups as a focus.
- South Africa College of Psychiatrists (SASOP) 2023 pre-congress workshop on group therapies.
- South African College of Psychiatrists (SASOP) Congress 2023 lecture “Mindfulness as a novel treatment for borderline personality disorder.”
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