Curricular Initiatives
OMSW promotes wellness in the Pre-Clerkship Curriculum and Clerkship Curriculum via several methods.
Pre-Clerkship Curriculum
OMSW participates in New Student Orientation by leading a session entitled Promoting Personal Wellness and staffing several wellness-related tables at the Resource Fair. We also encourage students to register for wellness elective courses, and we provide additional curricular resources and support for sensitive topics identified in the pre-clerkship curriculum.
Clerkship Curriculum
OMSW hosts the annual Transition to Clerkship Retreat at Fogarty Winery in Woodside, CA. The purpose of this annual retreat for students transitioning from the pre-clerkship to clerkship curriculum is to celebrate the completion of their classroom education and learn about life in clerkships. In 2014, the keynote speaker was Dr. Carol Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford, who encouraged students to adopt a growth mindset as they enter clerkships. Students appreciated the opportunity to interact with faculty from their first clerkship. OMSW is also co-facilitating Reflection Rounds for clerkship students to facilitate reflection on their interactions with patients.
Wellness Electives
ANES 204: Medical Education in the New Millenium: Innovation and Digital Disruption
ANES 205: Engage and Empower Me: Myths and Truths of Designing for Patient Behavior
BIOS 242: Writing Successful NIH Fellowships and K Awards
FAMMED 244: Ethnicity and Medicine (HUMBIO 121E)
FAMMED 245: Women and Health Care
HRP 198: Unite, Empower, Experience: Understanding the Universality of Women's Health
MED 130: The Practice of Happiness
INDE 212: Medical Humanities and the Arts
INDE 215: Queer Health and Medicine
INDE 217: Physician Scientist Hour
INDE 225: Popular and Clinical Nutrition: Food Facts, Fads, and Pharmacology
INDE 228: Career Transition Planning: Taking Action Today for a Successful Tomorrow
INDE 229: Managing Difficult Conversations
INDE 230: Topics in Scientific Management
INDE 231B: Career Prep and Practice: Academia
NBIO 201: Social and Ethical Issues in the Neurosciences (NBIO 101)
NBIO 300: Professional Development and Integrity in Neuroscience
OBGYN 282: Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy (PEDS 282)
ORTHO 120: Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine (ORTHO 220)
PEDS 106: Pursuit of Happiness and Health (PEDS 206)
PEDS 105: Health Promotion and the Campus Culture (PEDS 215)