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An Assessment of Residency Wellness Programming in Urology Training Programs
Haritha Pavuluri1, Rena Malik2, Casey A Seideman3
1University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC.
Urology
|March 11, 2022
Summary
Most urology residency programs (URPs) offer institutional wellness resources, but dedicated program-specific wellness initiatives are limited. Further development is needed to enhance resident well-being within individual programs.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Resident Well-being
- Urology
Background:
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandates wellness programming.
- Assessing the current state of wellness support in urology residency programs (URPs) is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of wellness programming within U.S. urology residency programs.
- To identify gaps in current wellness support for residents.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive review of websites for 145 ACGME-accredited URPs was conducted, searching for "wellness" or "well-being."
- Program directors and coordinators were surveyed via email regarding formal and informal wellness programming, as well as institutional offerings.
Main Results:
- Only 20% of URP websites mentioned wellness. Of surveyed programs (40% response rate), 65.5% offered formal and 93.1% informal wellness programming.
- 77.2% of URPs provide institutional wellness resources, while 40% offer wellness events and 20% provide wellness lectures.
- Wellness committees, faculty check-ins, and discussion conferences were also noted metrics.
Conclusions:
- While institutional wellness resources are common, individual urology residency programs demonstrate limited dedicated wellness programming.
- There is a significant opportunity to enhance resident well-being through more robust, program-specific wellness initiatives.
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