Resident Wellness
UVA Anesthesiology Residents at a Yemen Wine Club Event
Our goal is to help our anesthesiology residents achieve better balance during their training at UVA. We know that wellness is not one-size-fits-all, and we offer many different opportunities for residents to engage in their own well being. Our wellness curriculum includes mentorship programs, professional development, mental health resources, community building, and FUN!
Departmental Events
Annual events hosted by the department include a Holiday Party, Intern Welcome Party, Graduation, Weekend Sporting Events and others!
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- Graduation at the Boar’s Head, June 2023
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- A UVA Football Tailgate starts a Cavs Game with smiles.
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- Winners of the 1st Annual Gingerbread House Contest with their entry, “Land of Misfits.”
Mark your Calendars for the upcoming Anesthesiology Wellness Week: September 25th!
Past events include guest speakers on wellness, softball games, happy hours, fun run/walk/yoga, group dog walk, raffles!
Each pod consists of at least one resident from each year with faculty mentors. Pods are encouraged to meet quarterly in an informal setting.
Each month, one Friday is selected as a “Fun Friday” and a themed party in the Ready Room is hosted by either a resident and/or faculty. Past themes have included: Detective Theme, Easter Egg Hunts, Mardi Gras, Thanksgiving, Gingerbread Competition, Spa Day.
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- Residents scramble to find “whodunnit?” on a Detective Fun Friday
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- Rock decorating and ice cream sundaes on a summer themed Fun Friday.
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- Attending Dr. Thames flips “silver dollars” on a “Get Money” (aka financial wellness themed) Fun Friday
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- Thanksgiving themed photo booth
The Sean Yemen Wine Club is hosted by a resident wine connoisseur (some might say amateur sommelier) and includes wines from a featured region with snacks. Venues have ranged from homes to wineries and fields! This event happens about once every 1-2 months and is beloved by our residents!
Residents enjoy wine and community at the Yemen Wine Club
The great return of Class Outings after a COVID Hiatus! Each class gets to vote on an outing and will have the day free to participate. Past outings include snow tubing at Wintergreen Ski Resort, a corn maze at Liberty Mills, an escape room, and zip-lining.
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- Corn maze at Liberty Mills with CA1s
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- Charlottesville Escape Room with CA2s
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- Post zip-lining dinner with CA3s
Wellness Resources
Wellness is a foundation of our Graduate Medical Education, and our departmental program is just one part of a larger program. Please see the GME Well-Being site for additional resources.
- Faculty and Employee Assistance Program (FEAP): provides professional services for mental wellbeing assisting employees in identifying and treating health, marital, family, financial, drug and alcohol, legal, emotional, or stressful personal issues.
- Committee on Achieving Competence through Help (COACH): a program designed to provide support for graduate medical physician learners who struggle with clinical performance for any number of reasons.
- Clinician Wellness Program (CWP): a collaboration between the School of Medicine and the medical center to promote the personal and professional wellbeing of clinicians.
- Weekly free yoga classes
- Financial advising
- Meal Allowance
- New Fertility Coverage by Aetna (through UVA Housestaff Health Insurance)
- UVA Affiliated Daycares