Student Wellness

The Office of Medical Student Wellness provides student life advising, wellness programming and learning environment initiatives to enable students to thrive academically and personally throughout their medical school experience.

Guiding Principles

Our aim is to foster a safe and supportive learning environment. The following principles inform our work:

To empower students to develop their professional identity, and find meaning within their medical school experience
To enable students to succeed as lifelong leaders
To embrace the value of diversity and personal growth throughout the journey
To encourage self-care, resiliency, wellness and the pursuit of one’s passions
To engage all individuals in the promotion of a sense of belonging within the community

Announcements

Are you looking for an elective to take during winter quarter? In search of a course to feed your mind and soul? Consider one of the wellness electives below!

ANES 205: Engage and Empower Me: Myths and Truths of Designing for Patient Behavior

FAMMED 213: Medical Tai Chi

FAMMED 219: Mind-Body Medicine

HRP 198: Unite, Empower, Experience: Understanding the Universality of Women's Health

MED 130: The Practice of Happiness

INDE 211: Creative Writing

INDE 217: Physician Scientist Hour

INDE 230: Topics in Scientific Management

ORTHO 120: Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine (ORTHO 220)

PEDS 281: Childhood Chronic Illness: Impact on Family Development

PSYC 233: Mindfulness: An Awareness-Based Stress Reduction Program in Medicine

PSYC 235: Sleep and Dreams (PSYC 135)

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Report Mistreatment

OMSW is committed to promoting positive learning environments for all students. There are several confidential avenues for reporting an incident of student mistreatment.