Parental Leave Allowances –
6 weeks 100% salary parental leave to bond with your newborn, newly adopted or newly placed
foster child. This is in addition to FMLA and short term disability leave.
Spokane Teaching Health Clinic exercise room, relaxation room that includes
a massage chair, peloton, lactation room and portable lactation pumps
Didactic sessions on fatigue, mindfulness, smartphrase development (to
improve satisfaction with EPIC), community volunteer events
Biannual resident retreats
Systems of medicine curriculum that includes narrative reflections to enhance
meaning in medicine
Internal Medicine residency focus on humanism on housestaff rotations.
Program policies
Three wellbeing ½ days per year
We prioritize time for residents and faculty to attend medical, mental
health and dental appointments: ACGME resident survey AY 21-22 - 100%
of PRS residents report that they are able to attend personal appointments
T group - this is a resident weekly process group to encourage peer-peer
support and mentorship.
Time and financial support to attend regional or national conferences –
program time away policy available on request
Providence employment wide 10% reductions in gym membership at many local
and national gym companies
Gym equipment available on site at the STHC
Shower facilities on site at the STHC
Volunteerism
Our recent graduate, Alex Lehecka, put together the following video in
2020 that provides a window into some of the many opportunities residents
have to connect with each other while supporting the community.
