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 219: Mind-Body Medicine
HRP 198: Unite, Empower, Experience: Understanding the Universality of Women's Health
MED 130: The Practice of Happiness
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
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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.
Mental Health Service
Crises counseling is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 650-723-3785