- We have a longitudinal curriculum, activities and resources to support resident wellness. These include:
- Discussing topics important to being a physician, including the patient experience, professional identity, and challenges in the healthcare environment.
- Providing peer support as residents develop their professional identity as a physician
- Promoting professional growth and development through reflection on clinical experiences as a life-long practice
Social Connectedness and Supportive Curriculum
- Fireside Chats—Finding Meaning in Medicine, Conflict with Staff, Harassment, Death and Grief, Discrimination, Depression and Burnout, Work Life Balance, and others
- Schwartz Rounds
- Sunshine lunches
- Half-days off strategically scheduled on outpatient rotations across all three years
- Dealing with death resources
- Debriefings
- Coaching
- Mentorship (Chief residents, APDs, other mentors)
Contacts
- Chief Residents and Program Leadership
- WellMD Mental Health Support (resources for physicians, trainees, and medical students)
- WellConnect (for residents and fellows)
- Confidential 24/7 phone line to establish timely mental health care: 650-724-1395
- PRN (Physician Resource Network) Support Program (Purpose: To provide our physicians with confidential, independent, legally-protected collegial support and resources for life’s inevitable clinical, professional and personal challenges.)
- Stanford Express Care Clinic (Stanford Express Care clinic is an extension of Primary Care services at Stanford, offering same day appointments for minor illness or injury that require timely treatment.)
