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Resident Wellness

Resident Wellness Committee

Resdients in an outside settingThe Resident Wellness Committee (RWC) is charged with improving the resident experience through grass-roots housestaff engagement. RWC members are passionate about positively impacting resident well-being and developing and executing activities that further this goal, with an emphasis on creativity.

Each Internal Medicine Family is represented by one (1) Categorical Medicine or Med-Peds resident representative from each class (PGY-1, PGY-2, and PGY-3/PGY-4) to participate on this committee. The committee of 12 representatives is led by one PGY-3/4 UTHSC Medicine Wellness Champion. Program leadership representation on the Wellness Committee will includes one Medicine Chief Resident and one Medicine Associate Program Director. 

The wellness committee received funding from UTHSC, and has promoted wellness through workroom Keurig machines, sponsoring popsicles and coffee/donut days, themed lunches, and hosting events that range from bowling to bake-offs. We are thankful for their work!

Wellness Champions: Christian Salcedo, MD and Rachana Kombathula, MD
Wellness Chief Resident: Sami Whitwell, MD
Wellness Faculty Sponser: Dr. Desiree Burroughs-Ray

Residents eating at a table
Residents in a classroom
Residents in front of a truck
Residents by a statue

Association of Black Residents (ABRM)

UTHSC recognizes that diversity drives excellence in health care. In the UTHSC Internal Medicine Residency Program, we strive to make our resident workforce as diverse as the population of Memphis. The Association of Black Residents in Medicine (ABRM) is an organization striving to edify, encourage, and empower black residents here at UT to clinical excellence and professional vitality. ABRM achieves this goal through community building between black residents across specialties, dedicated mentorship for medicine and medicine-pediatric black residents by faculty, and education to facilitate the success of black residents in and out of the clinical setting.

Group of ABRM residents taken inside from above
Group of ABRM residents taken in front of curtains

Health and Wellness (GME #250) | Aid for Impaired Resident (GME #260) | Work Hours (GME #310) | Fatigue Management (GME #315) | Sexual Harassment (GME #330) | Tennessee Medical Foundation Physician's Health Program | ACP Physician Well-Being and Burnout Tools

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Campus Recreation

Campus Recreation provides safe, intentional, and enjoyable activities and facilities with an emphasis on students and the UTHSC surrounding community.
Outside the Madison Plaza building

University Health Services

University Health Services's goal is to create and sustain a healthy campus community supporting the importance of a healthy social and learning environment.
Outside the Alexander Building

University Library

The UTHSC Library offers research help, interactive support, interlibrary loans, equipment checkouts for charger cables, headphones, and laptops, workshops, and more!
 

Student Assistance Program

SAP offers short term professional counseling for academic troubles, marital and family concerns, substance and alcohol abuse, stress, anxiety, and depression as well as offering referrals for assistance with other problems in daily living like child care and eldercare needs.

 

SASSI

SASSI services target accessibility, engagement, learning, prevention, and connection to promote a diverse and inclusive environment for all students.  Tools offered include learning resources, meditation, tutoring, disability services, LGBTQ resources, and veteran resources.

Residents at a baseball game
Residents on bikes
Residents getting coffee from a food truck
Residents enjoying a crawfish cookout
Residents serving up ice cream
Residents after a game of kickball
Feb 12, 2024