Parental Leave Allowances – 6 weeks paid 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.
Didactic sessions on fatigue, mindfulness, smartphrase development (to
improve satisfaction with EPIC), community volunteer events
All GME annual wellbeing event – with sessions devoted to board games,
dungeons and dragons, yoga, health eating, meditation, somatic mind body
techniques, healthy relationship habits.
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 – please ask residents about their
experience attending 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.
