Wellbeing

The healthcare and academic environments are known to be complex, demanding and often stressful. Those working in such contexts are at risk of chronic stress or burnout.

Purpose Statement 
The Medical School Wellbeing Working Group seeks to foster wellbeing, understand known threats to wellbeing and pursue shared efforts to actively prevent or mitigate such threats. The group acknowledges the rich diversity existing within and among our constituent communities, and seeks to create methodologies and/or platforms for communications, interventions and assessments oriented toward cultivating effective learning/work environments, empowering individual self-care practices, and enhancing access to community/support resources.  

Vision Statement 
The Medical School Wellbeing Work Group’s vision is for the Medical School to be an organization that builds an inclusive, effective learning and working environment and community where people thrive.

• Team leaders
  • Approach solutions with flexibility.
  • Focus expectations on core missions.
  • Ensure faculty/staff utilize time away.
  • Empower teams to implement ‘no meeting’ days or zones or ‘no zoom’ days if helpful.
• Adjust schedules and expectations for caregiving obligations.
• Meeting maximums: 20 or 45 min; leave time for breaks.
• Consciously plan time for emails and response time.
• Take meeting notes and share afterward; use alternative methods to make decisions. Stay inclusive.