• Saint Louis University Faculty & Staff Guide for Responding to Students of Concern
• Burnout Self-Assessment
• Depression Self-Assessment
• PHQ-9 Depression Screening Questionnaire
• Substance Abuse Self-Assessment
• CAGE Questionnaire for Alcohol Use
• How to Tell if Someone is on Drugs
• MAT  (Medication Assisted Treatment) Waiver Training 
• Substance Use Disorder 101 Core Training
• American Psychiatric Association Wellbeing and Burnout
• ACGME Well-Being Initiative
• AMA Steps Forward Modules
• Suicide Prevention Resource List
• The Shame Conversation
• National Academy of Medicine: Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
• MedEdPORTAL: Topics include “Negotiating Work-Life Integration”, “Early Detection and Intervention for the Stressed Resident”, etc.
• Video by Mayo Clinic and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention about  physician suicide
• UCLA Mindful Awareness (Guided Meditation)
• Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges. Steven Southwick a Dennis Charney, Cambridge University Press, 2016.
• Headspace, a meditation app available for both iOS and Android
• Important Contact Information:
  • Chaplains at SLU Hospital: 314-577-8066
  • University Counseling Center: 314-977-8255
  • Department of Public Safety: 314-977-3000
  • Life Crisis Services: 314-647-4357
  • National Suicide Prevention: 1-800-273-8255
  • Behavioral Health Response: Local Crisis Hotline: 314-469-6644
  • Employee Assistance Program: 1-800-859-9319
  • University Health Plan- Behavioral Health Program: 314-977-1066
  • Academic Success Center: Mark Pousson 314-977-8885
  • Academic and Psychological Testing Psychological Services Center: 314-977-2278 
  • Simon Recreation Center: 314-977-3181 (free membership as a resident)

•  GME Fall 2019 Wellness Champion Retreat: Wednesday, November 6th from 5-6 PM in LRC Rm. 110-111
• SLU's 3rd Annual Addiction Medicine Conference: Wednesday, December 11th 

• Happiness in Residency
• SLU Pastoral Care
• Sleep Alertness and Fatigue
• Sleep and Fatigue Education for Health Care Providers
• Wellness Retreat #1
• Wellness Retreat #2
• Wellness Retreat #3
• Wellness Retreat #4
• Wellness Retreat #5
• Wellness Retreat #6
• Wellness Retreat #7

• Behavioral Health Plan for residents includes six free and confidential visits not submitted to insurance. Does not need to be for a medical diagnosis. Available for stress management, relationship problems, etc.
• Behavioral Health Plan has office hours on Tuesday's from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday's from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on campus in room M-205 in Schwitalla Hall and several off campus locations
• To reach Behavioral Health Plan, please email StlouisUHPBHP@uhsinc.com or utilize the 24/7 access to an on-call clinician for urgent behavioral health matters at 314-977-1066
• Behavioral Health has a Behavioral Health Advisory Board (15 to 20 residents) and the group meets twice yearly to discuss Behavioral Health Plan benefits
• Behavioral Health Programmatic Support meetings are available for program discussion/debriefing

• Mindfulness and Resiliency Space on the second floor of Schwitalla Hall. This room is dedicated to accommodate the residents and students as a tranquil, peaceful place for reflection, meditation and prayer. Private, curtained spaces offer privacy for trainees.
• GME Wellness Program:  This program is in development and lead by a steering committee that includes program director in Psychiatry, St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, SLUH Pastoral Care, Campus Ministry and the GME Office DIO.
• Reimbursement for rideshare services (taxi, Uber, etc.) for residents too fatigued to safely drive home.
• GME Professional Oversight Committee monitors resident duty hours and fatigue concerns.
• Mindfulness training for all incoming interns.
• SLURA officers who are available to residents to hear concerns and as liaison to GME office.
• SLUCare Express offers same-day/next-day urgent care medical visits for residents and faculty.

• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. Initiated by nursing managers through nursing leadership to discuss difficult situations. This is often done within a week and physicians/students are invited.
• Staff Support Groups. Unit-based support with a minimum four sessions includes weekend and all shifts.
• Donation drives to collect items for patients.
• Discharge with dignity closet. Staff-contributed clothing and other personal care items given to patients (and staff) who are in need.
• Comfort cart, which makes rounds on floors with snacks. This is done on special occasions and holidays.
• Lavender cart. when a difficult situation arises, a cart comes to the area with snacks, stress relieving items, personal care items. It's kept in nursing supervisor’s office and stays in area for 12 to 24 hours. This is available 24/7.
• Roving Basket. Every two weeks, the basket goes to a different department. Baskets are filled with treats, gifts and "thank you" cards. Baskets are then refilled and passed to the next department.
• Hospital Week, which includes a picnic BBQ lunch for staff/physicians.
• Holiday Lunches. Free “Holly Day” Christmas and Thanksgiving lunch for staff/physicians.
• Just Culture Initiative
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training. All emergency medicine personnel are trained with a self-care component included. All new nurses will be trained starting January 2018.
• Hospital Wide Safety/Wellness Committee. Residents can participate on this committee which addresses safety in workplace.
• Call room space is available for all resident students who are in need of a place to rest.
• Employee Assistance Program, which provides free, anonymous service to employees.
• Employee Health. Any physical or mental health event can be addressed for employees and physicians
• Lactation room, which is located on the fifth floor of the hospital.

• Saint Louis University Hospital chapel on the third floor of the hospital is open 24/7. The chapel is utilized for Muslim prayer on Friday afternoons
• Chaplains can be paged and respond to all codes, deaths and rapid response events.
• Student shadowing program, which allows medical and nursing students to shadow chaplains.
• A chaplain is available via the on-call chaplain, 24/7, to staff and physicians (as well as patients/families) to provide listening and ministry.
• Memorial service is conducted annually for families of patients that have died or employees who have died. All families are invited.
• Caring Physicians Award Ceremony, which annually recognizes four physicians that provide compassionate care.
• In the new hospital, a chapel is being designed with an upper loft area that overlooks the chapel. The loft area is being proposed as a multi-faith reflection area available for staff and physicians.

To promote inter-program/departmental wellness activities, the GME office offers a competitive funding opportunity for collaborative wellness activities. Please see our past award winners below:

• Tonya Vernon (Hematology/Oncology) & Frances Copeland (Child Neurology): Group Yoga Sessions for GME Coordinators
• Emily Cybulla (BioChemistry and Molecular Biology) & Abigayle Schnell (Pharmacology and Physiology): Mindfulness Walk for post-doctoral trainees

• Stephanie Windish, M.D., cardiology
• Eamonn Maher, M.D., dermatology
• Jessica Piontek, M.D., dermatology
• Michael O'Neill, M.D., emergency medicine
• Lauren Redlinger, M.D., family medicine (O'Fallon)
• Amber Bokhari, M.D., Infectious Diseases
• Jason Lunt, D.O., internal medicine
• Hilary McParlane, D.O., internal medicine
• Eric Marin, M.D., neurology
• Kathryn Renner, M.D., OB-GYN
• Nick Sacksteder, M.D., orthopaedic surgery
• Haley Bray, M.D., otolaryngology
• Yusuf Agamawi, M.D., otolaryngology
• Odia Eigbire-Molen, M.D., pathology
• Joseph Lammert, M.D., pediatrics
• Jatinder Gosal, M.D., pediatrics
• Caroline Zhong, M.D., pediatrics
• Samir Hasan, M.D., plastic surgery
• Emily Webb, D.O., psychiatry
• Swati Sood, M.D., psychiatry
• Ajouka Jeyakumar, M.D., geriatric psychiatry
• Yusuf Akpolat, M.D., radiology
• Ahmed El-Sabbagh, M.D., radiology
• Amith Reddy, M.D., surgery
• Laura Peck, D.O., surgery
• Justin D'Addario, M.D., vascular surgery
• Monica Goodland, graduate student
• Emily Cybulla, graduate student

• Robin Wessels, pediatric anesthesiology program coordinator
• Elsayed Abo-Salem, M.D., cardiology
• Steve Trottier, M.D., critical care medicine
• Farid Sadaka, M.D., critical care medicine
• Ali Javed, M.D., critical care medicine
• Mallory Abate, M.D., dermatology
• Jennifer Cash, M.D., emergency medicine
• Elizabeth Keegan-Garrett, M.D., family medicine (St. Louis)
• Cathy Jung, family medicine program coordinator (St. Louis)
• Tonya Vernon, hematology and medical oncology program coordinator
• Rasika Karnik, M.D., internal medicine
• Thanh Mai Vo, M.D., nephrology
• Shilpa Babbar, M.D., OB-GYN
• Sangeeta Khanna, M.D., ophthalmology
• Pooria Salari, M.D., orthopaedic surgery
• Adrienne Childers, M.D., otolaryngology
• Katherine Robbins, M.D., pathology
• Jane McHowat, Ph.D., pathology
• Daniela Hermelin, M.D., pathology
• Kimberly Spence, M.D., pediatrics
• Brianne Newman, M.D., psychiatry
• Kathy Stotler, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine program coordinator
• Austin Dalrymple, D.O., rheumatology
• Matthew Smeds, M.D., vascular surgery
• Teresa Sullivan, SLUH Pastoral Care
• M. Cristina Stephenson, BCC SLUH Pastoral Care