More info
Check out the Wellness Champions page on Pulse for more information.
he Resiliency Center's Wellness Champions Program promotes a culture of well-being across the University of Utah by supporting individuals and teams in addressing the wellness needs of their department, division, or clinic. The program provides well-being tools and expertise to empower individuals and teams to manage stress, reduce burnout, and optimize well-being together.
Wellness Champion Follow-Up Sessions
- November 15, 2023: 12pm – 1pm
- January 17, 2024: 12pm – 1pm
- March 13, 2024: 12pm – 1pm
- Spring 2024: Well-Being and Improvement Poster Fair
Toolkit and Resources
- Resilience Toolkit
- Peer Support Toolkit
- AMA Steps Forward
- NAM Well-Being Resource Compendium
- Stanford Model of Professional Fulfillment
- Institute for Healthcare Improvements
Core Mental Health Resources
Huntsman Mental Health Institute Resources
- Crisis Line: 801-587-3000 (24/7) or call 988
- Warm Line: 801-587-1055 (8am-11pm)
- Safe UT App
General National Crisis Call & Text Lines
- Call 800-273-8255
- Text HOME to 741741
- Call 888-409-0141
- Available Monday-Friday 8am-11pm EST (6am-9am MST)
Core Reading
Full text available through Pulse
- Healing the Professional Culture of Medicine
- Blueprint for Organizational Strategies
- Building a Well-being Program
- Beyond Burnout: A Physician Wellness Hierarchy Designed to Prioritize Interventions at the System Level
- Physician-Organization Collaboration Reduces Physician Burnout and Promotes Engagement
- Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout
- Strategies to Reduce Burnout: 12 Actions to Create the Ideal Workplace
Wellness Champions: 2023
Sept. 26, 2023 | 8:30am–3:30pm
Course Presentations
- Listen-Sort-Empower-Improve — Megan Call
- System Design
- Self-Care & Professional Well-Being — Megan Call
- Organizational Change
- Personal Well-Being
- Getting From Here to There: Using Quality Improvement Methods to Improve Profession Well-Being
- Moving from Surviving to Thriving in Healthcare – Amy Locke
- Reducing Waste Through Process Efficiency: Potential Roles and Impact
- Peer Support — Jake Van Epps
- Digging Deeper: Getting to Action — Megan Call
Wellness Champions: 2022
Sept. 27, 2022 | 8:30am–3:30pm
Course Agenda and Presentations
- Click here to view the agenda.
- Click here to view the presentation.
2021 Program Overview
Wellness Champions Program Description
Program Agenda and Presentations
Oct. 5, 2021 – Fall Wellness Champions Foundations Course Agenda
- Thriving in Health Care – Amy Locke
- Perosnal Well-being and Remembering We're Human – Trinh Mai
- Cultivating a Culture of Wellness – Jake Van Epps
- Moving Forward: Recognize, Recover, Rebuild – Megan Call
- Learning from Experience: Four U Health Projects – Amy Locke, Michael Danielson, Jake Van Epps, Jo Rolls, Frances Johnson, Sydney Ryan
2020 Program Overview
Wellness Champions Program Description
Program Agendas & Slides
October 27, 2020 - Fall Wellness Champions Retreat Agenda
- Welcome & Program Overview—Wayne Imbrescia and Amy Locke
- Psychological First Aid For Teams—Megan Call, Jean Whitlock and Trinh Mai
- Recognizing Those At Risk—Rob Davies
- Breakout + Barriers and Moving Forward—Alan Davis
February 9, 2021 - Spring Wellness Champions Retreat Agenda
Support
- Resiliency Center – U of U Health faculty, staff and trainees can visit us on Pulse.
- Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- COVID-19 Well-being Resources – a comprehensive list of resources for individuals and teams.
- Accelerate has online lessons and well-being stories available 24/7
Taking time throughout the day to move is a great way to add physical activity to your routine and carve out space to reflect and recover. Wellness programs manager Britta Trepp, College of Health Graduate student Karly Ackley and physical therapist Tasha Olsen walk us through the motions.
Wellness Champions use prompts to check-in during meetings, team huddles, hand-offs, etc. Learn this simple way to help your team reconnect to purpose, be more engaged, focused, and cohesive.
Family physician and Resiliency Center co-director Amy Locke draws from personal experience and evidence-based research that supports two approaches for making your practice more efficient.
