Promoting resident wellness and reducing resident burnout is a major program priority. Our work is championed by a dedicated team of residents and faculty who collaborate to develop and sponsor a wide variety of activities aimed at promoting physician wellness, developing personal resiliency, preventing burnout, and providing resources for confidential self-reporting and support.
Preventive Education
Dedicated educational sessions for all resident classes focusing on:
- Identifying characteristics of health and wellness
- Promoting resiliency
- Sleep and fatigue mitigation and management
- Burnout identification and prevention
- Compassion fatigue
- Wellness assessment
Personal Skill Development
Small group training sessions and workshops are held throughout the year to help residents develop skills that promote personal resiliency, such as:
- Cognitive flexibility
- How to give and receive feedback
- Time management
- Stress management
- Assertiveness development
- Conflict resolution
- Mindfulness and meditation
- The science of happiness
- Managing difficult doctor-patient relationships
- Expressive writing
- Coping ahead
Support
- Team building and bonding
- Dedicated class and all resident retreats
- Office retreats
- All-program social events
- Peer mentorship program
- Faculty academic and track advisors
- Support activities
- Monthly support group for each class
- Wellness Wednesdays (Quarterly)
- Yoga
- Tai Chi
- Mindfulness
- Meditation
- Group Activities
- Social outings
- Happy Hours
- Dinners
- Walks and hikes
- Book Club
- Confidential access to behavioral health treatment
- Finding Meaning in Medicine