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Meditation Room

A Meditation Room is available for patients and staff on the second floor of the PRI building. The room features comfortable chairs, windows, a water feature and individual thermostat.

Other places on campus for relaxation and stress relief

  • Legacy Garden near the College of Health Professions
  • The Medical Center Rooftop Garden
  • The Healing Garden at the Cancer Institute
  • The Chancellor’s Garden
  • Healing Garden- 4 floor of the New Hospital Tower

ACH Relaxation Rooms — Locations

  • Emergency Room — K1425-1 — This is located by Triage desk and is only available to ED employees only. Key pad access – Team Leader has to let them in.
  • PICU – H3245-1 — Located in hallway across from Red Elevator on 3rd floor. Sign on wall says “Sports Medicine Coordinator” – Key access – must get key from IMU team leader or PCM. Available for PICU employees and IMU employees.
  • CVICU — HC4615-1 — This is located in CVICU office area. It is unlocked during the day. They must sign in to use. At night/weekends, team leader or PCM will get key to let employees in office area and relaxation room. For CVICU employees only.
  • NICU — H3708-1 — This is located down the hallway in PICU, past the Pink Elevator. It is key locked. Must get key from Team Leader or PCM. For NICU employees only.
  • 3E — Closed during renovations

More Mindfulness References and Resources

Books

Websites

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Mindfulness bibliography of citations for peer reviewed journal articles and book with publication dates between 1975 and 2009; includes citations on the effects of mindfulness-based treatments on many medical conditions and mental disorders.

Articles

  • Beach, M.C. et al. A multicenter study of physician mindfulness and health care quality. Annals of Family Medicine 2013, 11(5): 421-428.
  • Danielwitz, M. et al. A pilot feasibility study of a peer-led mindful program for medical students. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2016, 7 (1), 31-37.
  • Editorial: A prescription to talk: How doctor-patient dialogue improves health outcomes. (2015) Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME.
  • Hölzel B.K. et al. How does mindfulness meditation work? Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Sciences, 2011, Nov 6(6):537-559.
  • Vargo, D.R.  Mapping modalities of self-awareness in mindfulness practice: a potential mechanism for clarifying habits of mind. Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences, 2014, 1307(1): 28-42.
  • Warnecke, E. et al. A randomized controlled trial of the effects of mindfulness practice on medical student stress levels. Medical Education 2011, 45: 381-388. 

Guided Meditation Practice Apps for Your Smart Phone

Online Guided Meditation

Local Meditation Groups/Training

  • UAMS Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program
  • Compassion Works for All — weekly meetings at Little Rock libraries and other locations
  • UAMS Therapy and Fitness Program would like to extend an invitation to UAMS employees to join the Mindfulness Meditation class on Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Reynolds Institute on Aging room 1160.
    Dr. Denise Compton, Neuropsychologist/Clinical Psychologist, UAMS Reynolds Institute, leads a Mindfulness Meditation session every Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Jo Ford Auditorium.
    Meditation is simply purposeful concentration and involves learning to focus your attention—directed onto an object of your choice, such as your breath, a phrase or a word repeated silently a memorized inspirational passage, or an image in the mind’s eye.
    Schedule:
    • 12:00 p.m. Introductory thoughts about meditation
    • 12:10 p.m. Meditation practice (doors closed to late-comers)
    • 12:25 p.m. Debriefing
      Call 526-5779 for more information