What is well-being?
Well-being is the sense of satisfaction in life, that you feel balanced and are living according to your value system. There are multiple domains that fuel well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial, occupational, environmental, spiritual, and intellectual.

We asked our residents, what does “well-being” mean to you?
“Well-Being stems from a culture of support, one that cultivates growth, recognizes that we all make mistakes, and supports each other during difficult periods.”

What is the Internal Medicine Resident Well-Being Committee?
The well-being committee strives to respect, encourage, support and foster the emotional, physical and social well-being of our residents so that we create environments to establish stronger bonds of friendship within the UConn family. We focus on building autonomy, competence and relatedness in our program. Our goal is to have a thriving team of residents who in turn can continue to passionately facilitate high quality patient care.

Our committee is composed of our well-being chair, representative chief residents from our 4 sites and representatives from all PGY levels in our program. We meet monthly to drive forward our resident focused initiatives.

How do we promote well-being among residents? See below!