Physician Health and Resilience
The KP Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency values wellness and a healthy work/life balance. We believe that doctors who take care of themselves take better care of their patients. With a workable schedule (no overnight shifts in the first year and no 24-hour call at all!), strict adherence to ACGME Resident Work Hours requirements, our goal that our residents “thrive.” Our supportive faculty model healthy, balanced lifestyles.
Formal residency wellness practice includes:
- Resident Balint Group: Balint is a group method of discussing and reflecting on the doctor-patient relationship. The purpose of the Balint Group Session is to build empathy for the patient and to creatively explore the unique bond between doctor and patient.
- Personal & Professional Development (P&PD) Groups: Regularly scheduled with protected time for each class, twice per month, Personal and Professional Development (P&PD) sessions are facilitated by a faculty member to foster support and community during this dramatic time of growth and experience.
- Residents participate in HeartMath training and practice for reducing stress and increasing resilience
- Quarterly administration of the Physician Wellness Inventory (PWI) to monitor resident’s emotional and mental health.
- Residents have access to our Integrative Medicine Curriculum that includes time for self-reflection, personal health goal setting, and respect for the body, mind, and spiritual aspects of the resident experience.
- Affinity BIPOC Groups are available for Black/African-American and Latine residents with plans to expand to more groups.
