{"id":643,"date":"2025-02-04T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:17:14","slug":"residency-wellness-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/training-education\/residency-program\/residency-wellness-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Residency Wellness Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\"  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https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/ResidentWellnessProgram-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/ResidentWellnessProgram-320x180.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In June of 2018, our department established a Resident Wellness Program to promote our trainees\u2019 wellness and to help mitigate the growing crisis of burnout in medicine that is affecting physicians at unprecedented levels. In the USC Caruso Department of OHNS, we have taken a novel approach to help address this problem by creating a resident-led and faculty-supported program to develop specific and targeted initiatives salient to our own residents\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Our residents have formed a wellness committee that consists of a representative from each PGY class. Together with Drs. Tamara Chambers and Michael Johns as faculty liaisons, we have created and launched a series of healthy, fun and engaging activities to foster wellness in residency and to prevent burnout. Since its conception, the program has been very successful, well received by our residents, and has served as a model for other similar programs here at USC and across the country<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1.png\" alt=\"Efficacy Evaluation of Wellness Program for Reducing Otolaryngology Resident Burnout.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1-320x320.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/01\/Resident-Burnout-1024x1024-1.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USC OHNS Resident Wellness Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Resident representatives from each PGY class compose the committee with <strong>Tamara Chambers, MD<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Johns, MD <\/strong> serving as faculty liaisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n   aria-label=\"Content Accordions\"\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      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responsibilities to serve the following purposes:<\/li>\n<li>Address specific aspects of burnout\/problems within the residency program<\/li>\n<li>Discuss coping strategies and brainstorm ways to mitigate burnout on a system wide level<\/li>\n<li>Present this information to program directors (wellness committee to present information anonymously on behalf of resident body)<\/li>\n<li>Wellness in Practice: mindfulness activity, team building activity<\/li>\n<li>Recreational bonding time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Annual \u201cLife After Residency\u201d Panel\n<ul>\n<li>Panel of USC alumni from a variety of practice settings discussing life after residency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>This Resident Life series<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarterly wellness faculty-hosted dinners for the residents with individual faculty members or pairs<\/li>\n<li>Storytelling, life in\/after residency, balancing priorities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Off-site academics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday academic conferences intermittently held off campus approximately once a month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resident bonding events (resident initiated)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing social event each Thursday afternoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Year Feast<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome reception for new interns annually<\/li>\n<li>Hosted by PGY-2s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual Resident\/Chair Dinner<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Residents with Chair and Program Directors for collegiality and to informally discuss residency issues<\/li>\n<li>Semiannual group and individual program review sessions with the Program Directors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resident professional fund<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>$600 supplement for renewal of California medical license<\/li>\n<li>Department provides travel fund for conferences for residents who present ($1500 per year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal space at work<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Locker, cubby, personal storage cabinet, all-hours desk space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crisis Management Protocol<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>GME office (323) 409-LINE, which is a 24-hour line for resident safety issues<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/file.lacounty.gov\/SDSInter\/dhs\/1082433_SAFELetter2020Revision_10.22.2020_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAFE Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basketball at Los Angeles General Medical Center<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Basketball activities on campus, equipment available in County clinic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Free Mindful USC App<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-AxD0-q09oN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-AxD0-q09oN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\"> Institutional Initiatives\/Resources (Available\/Not mandatory)<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-AxD0-q09oN\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-AxD0-q09oN\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/02\/wellness-resources-2025-2026.pdf\">Wellness Resources 2025 &#8211; 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/otolaryngology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2024\/05\/Fellow-Wellness-Week-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles General Medical Center Resident Wellness Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Helping Healers Heal (H3)<\/li>\n<li>Monthly Mindfulness Workshops<\/li>\n<li>After Hours Wellness Hotline (Protocall)<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles General Medical Center Resident Lounge<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles General Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology resident Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Department Dinner for Residents with Chair and Program Directors<\/li>\n<li>Schwartz Rounds: given at Los Angeles General Medical Center, Sessions strengthen the caregiver-patient relationship and remind caregivers why they entered the healthcare profession<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-AxD0-q09oN\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-AxD0-q09oN\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\"> National Wellness Toolbox\/Resources (Available)<\/span>\n            \n                     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