Well-being Program

Resources

Are You a Patient?

Explore the resources below to help advance well-being in your area.

  • A collection of all the resources and networks available at USC in support of our Unifying Value of Well-being. This guide address all 8 dimensions of well-being:

    View the guide here: https://workwell.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Health-and-Well-being-Resource-Directory.pdf

  • This resource folder is for faculty and student services staff.  As faculty, advisors, and student service administrators, you play a significant role in the academic and professional experiences of USC students. While there is
    no expectation that you master the role of a mental health professional, we know that there is an interest in acting as a supportive resource to our student community.
    This folder is intended to provide guidance and resources for how to approach the subject of well-being and mental health if you encounter a student in need.

  • Through LifeWorks for USC, benefits-eligible faculty and staff have access to a free online and app-based platform that offers digital resources and confidential counseling to support health and well-being.

    Digital Resources

    LifeWorks offers you access – at no cost – to hundreds of articles, eBooks, and audio recordings, covering the following areas:

    • Life: Stress/overload, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, community resources
    • Family: Parenting, separation/divorce, blended families, elder care, education
    • Money: Saving, debt management, estate planning/wills, home buying/renting
    • Work: Work relationships, job stress/burnout, managing people
    • Health: Fitness/nutrition, sleep, addiction/recovery, smoking cessation

    Confidential Counseling

    LifeWorks also provides up to five free sessions of confidential counseling, in addition to the free counseling offered by the WorkWell Center. Referrals from WorkWell will bridge to counseling resources through LifeWorks. If preferred, you may also contact LifeWorks directly for counseling services.

  • A list of the practical tools, resources, and strategies to help you integrate health and well-being into USC workplace practices.

    Click here to view the WorkWell Guide PDF

    This guide includes the following topics:

    • Healthy habits at work
    • Healthy eating at work
    • Move more at work
    • Stress management at work
    • Ergonomics checklist
    • Smoke and Tobacco-free policy
    • Social and community well-being (connection, inclusion, belonging)
    • Financial fitness and well-being
    • Safety
    • Sustainability
    • Role of managers and supervisors on employee well-being

  • A guide to support the USC community in choosing healthier food and beverages on campus and improve overall health and quality of life for all three campus.

    Recommended menu selections are included for Plaza Marketplace Grab n’ Go, Panda Express, Starbucks, and Taco Taco located on the USC Health Sciences Campus.

    https://workwell.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Healthier-Dining-on-Campus-Summer-2024.pdf

  • WalkUSC is an on-campus and remote program led by volunteer faculty and staff aimed at creating a culture of movement and social connection through group activity. If you’re looking to improve your health, get outside, and connect with colleagues across campus and remotely, consider joining a weekly event to walk, roll, or move in any way you prefer with WalkUSC!

    View days, times and sign-up form on their webpage: https://workwell.usc.edu/events/walkusc/

    Alternatively, this map shows you one way to clock a mile right here on the Health Sciences Campus. Grab water, a hat and some sunscreen and get outside today.  Walking for Wellness  – HSC walking route

  • Supporting the health and well-being of the campus community with recommendations for options to eat healthy, be physically active, and hold sustainable and productive meetings and events.

    View the Healthy Meetings & Events Guide

     

FOR DEPARTMENTS AND LEADERS

General Well-being Recommendations

As part of a deliberate and concerted effort to reduce burnout and improve well-being, the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) Office of Well-being has created three Recommendations. These Recommendations are meant to support units that seek to improve their culture and increase the well-being of their teams, which will help to reduce turnover, improve productivity, and retain excellent faculty, staff, and learners.

RECOMMENDATION 1
Healthy Email
Consider how your team can reduce burnout and improve work-life boundaries by reducing overall volume of emails, making email hours of operation explicit, and role modeling through leadership.

RECOMMENDATION 2
Healthy Meetings
Consider how your team can reduce burnout and improve morale by increasing the effectiveness of meetings, reducing the overall number of meetings, and preserving meeting-free times for big-picture thinking and flow state.

RECOMMENDATION 3
Appreciation & Belonging
Consider how your team can reduce burnout and build trust, camaraderie, and positive feelings by implementing consistent practices of appreciation and belonging – based on everyone’s unique strengths rather than performance per se.

Please refer to the Recommendations document for more  details.

  • In close collaboration with many partner entities and offices including Keck Medicine, CHLA, LAC+USC, Staff HR, and Faculty Affairs, the KSOM Office of Well-being has implemented well-being onboarding letters for all new faculty and staff hires.

  • We are pleased to announce our new KSOM Well-being Dashboard. This fillable PDF was created in collaboration with Dean Meltzer and our department/unit Well-Being Champions. It is not meant to be a report card, but a baseline assessment and an exercise in self-awareness. We filled them out collaboratively with units and departments by the end of 2023.

  • KSOM Well-being Toolkit compendium of resources for KSOM employees that you can use to find support and assistance in meeting your physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial needs.