Wellness at SBH
Residency can be a trying time, and SBH Health System places a priority on supporting the needs of our nearly 300 residents in terms of their physical, nutritional, emotional, spiritual and financial health. This includes wellness programs offered institutional-wide and in activities available through the individual residency programs.
While hospitals often talk about how important it is to take care of our patients, which it certainly is, we can’t do this unless we take care of ourselves. Our mission at SBH is to transform resident burnout to resident wellness.
The Resident Wellness Committee at SBH, comprised of residents, residency program directors and attendings, meets regularly with the goal of maximizing these efforts. In addition, the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR/SEIU), the largest house staff union in the U.S., offers a range of benefits https://www.cirseiu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/St.-Barnabas_5.27.21.pdf
The hope is that by focusing on wellness, we can both help residents during these difficult years and allow them to become better physicians and role models for their patients now and in the future.
https://sbhmedicine.org/the-importance-of-resident-wellbeing/
