At VCUH, the wellness of our residents and fellows is critically important to us. Medicine is a challenging and stressful field even for seasoned veterans, and trainees have additional distinct stressors that they must grapple with.
The VCUH Pathology Department and its leaders, strive to support our trainees as they navigate through these critical years of their professional development.
This website has been established to highlight some of our Department’s efforts to promote and improve resident wellness as well as provide some useful links related to wellness and well-being. We understand that wellness is complex, multifaceted and unique to each individual. Our training program’s leadership and faculty recognize the need to be flexible in our efforts to support resident wellness and well-being and are committed to being just that. We expect that this continuous pursuit of wellness for our residents to be an ever-evolving work in progress based on listening and thoughtful feedback, and we are looking forward to worthwhile outcomes.
Current Wellness Efforts
Monthly Program Director meeting with lunch provided
- The last 30-45 minutes of this meeting is designated “resident/fellow” only and is a chance for the group to connect with each other and discuss a wide array of topics.
- The last 30-45 minutes of this meeting is designated “resident/fellow” only and is a chance for the group to connect with each other and discuss a wide array of topics.
- Monthly Department Leadership meeting with Residents & Fellows
- This meeting occurs once a month at 8AM to discuss the academic year budget, changes to the curriculum and other topics.
- Coffee and Bagels will be served.
- Resident Retreat
- In hospital retreat from 8AM to 12PM to discuss the current rotation manual and discuss any changes or improvements.
- Outside of the hospital is a program sponsored event, for our residents to gather in a social environment to discuss social events of the past year and plan for new social and team building events for the coming year.
Resident wellness committee
- The residents and fellows in this group discuss ways to improve various aspects of the trainee experience that will promote wellness and present their ideas to faculty champions for implementation.
- Events and trips include the following: Halloween Party, Secret Santa, Maymont Park Field Trip, Renaissance Fair, Friendship Bracelet making with attendings, Cookie Decorating for Valentine's Day.
- Social Media
- We currently have a resident run Instagram account where we post pictures of residents together and having fun.
- Follow us: vcupathresidency
- Dietary Committee
- This committee is run by residents who decide the meal to be served at different meeting through out the year.
- The committee keeps in mind the residents and fellows meal preferences and allergies.
Wellness Resources on the Web
VCU Graduate Medical Education (GME) website with useful links related to emotional, financial, physical and social well-being:
• https://medschool.vcu.edu/education/gme/
VCU Health Wellness page (intranet - internal access only):
• https://intranet.vcuhealth.org/sites/wellness/SitePageModern/55624/wellness?source=63990&sort=starts&dir=asc&mode=list