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Office of Professional Well-Being
Our office is dedicated to providing initiatives for faculty and learners that improve practice efficiency, enhance a culture of compassion, and promote personal resiliency. We follow Stanford University Medical School’s wellness model to help stem physician burnout—a growing issue nationally.
Our staff focuses on improving professional well-being for medical students, residents and SOM faculty. To that end, we:
- Promote physician wellbeing while understanding high-quality, patient care provisions.
- Provide curriculum/resources so physicians/trainees can foster well-being.
- Support an inclusive learning environment that recognizes and responds to peers/colleagues in need.
- Identify, champion and evaluate novel strategies for improved student/resident/faculty efficiency of practice.
- Collaborate with colleagues to develop/assess individual and institutional wellness intervention impacts.
- Offer Special Resources for All Front Line Providers During COVID-19 [PDF].
Well-Being Modules to Empower You
Checking in on Mental Health
Part 1
Learn the warning signs about assessing your current mental health status and what UNM School of Medicine resources are available to help during times of stress in these brief videos from Dr. Liz Lawrence, UNM School of Medicine's Chief Wellness Officer & Assistant Dean for Professional Wellbeing.
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Checking in on Mental Health: Part 2
Part 2 of 2
Learn the warning signs about assessing your current mental health status and what UNM School of Medicine resources are available to help during times of stress in these brief videos from Dr. Liz Lawrence, UNM School of Medicine's Chief Wellness Officer & Assistant Dean for Professional Wellbeing.
- 45-55% Physician Burnout Rate
- 56% UNM School of Medicine Students Who Are Female
- 40% Trainees Planning to Have a Child During GME
- 40% Physicians Reluctant to Seek Mental Health Care
- 57% Decreased Anxiety After Mindfulness Training App Use
