Building and Maintaining Strong Mental Health
Overview
Medical student and resident resilience is a trending topic among medical schools and healthcare employers as evidenced by the on-going research and program development. Areas that have been found to contribute to resiliency and wellness include:
- Resilience in Medical Education: What is it and why is it important? Does it impact patient care?
- Self-awareness: What makes you happy? What do you fear?
- Compassionate Communication: Connect your values to your life
- Dealing with Difficult Emotions in Medical School
- Setting Boundaries: Learn to say no
- Sympathy – Empathy – Compassion
- Self-compassion: Avoiding burnout
- Maintaining Motivation and Finding Meaning
- Attitude of Gratitude: Integrating positivity into your life
- Freedom in Forgiveness: Becoming unstuck
- Mantras, Meditation, and Yoga
- The Art of Expression: Discover how our thoughts, feelings, words and actions produce energies that attract like energies into our lives
- Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
- Cooking Healthy Class
- Eating Healthy on a Budget
- Stages of Group Processing and Team Building
Building and Maintaining Strong Mental Health
Group 1: Resilience
Group 2: Stress & Relaxation
- What is mindfulness?
- Mindfulness Quiz
- Benefits of Mindfulness
- Relaxation Techniques
- Are You on the Path to Burnout?
- Burnout Prevention (PDF)
- Stress Screening
- Anxiety Screening
- Stress Relief in the Moment
- Meditation at Home
Group 3: Mental Health
- Student Burnout | What Is It and How Can You Cope With It (PDF)
- DBSA Depression Screening
- Depression Symptoms and Warning Signs
- Authentic Happiness
- Self-compassion Test and Practices
- 8 Keys to Forgiveness
- Healer's Art Course
Group 4: Nutrition
- Good Food on a Tight Budget
- Clean Fifteen™ and Dirty Dozen™
- Nutrient Information Collection
- Meal Prepping 101
Group 5: Physical Fitness and Recreation
- Wright State Campus Recreation
- The Physiology of Tai Chi and QiGong
- Tai Chi in 5 minutes a day for beginners
- QiGong
Group 6: Building Community
On-campus Student Support Resources
- Wright State Student Advocacy and Wellness
- Medical Student Mental Health Services
- Counseling and Wellness
- Raider Cares and Suicide Prevention
- Title IX and Gender-Based Violence
- Bias Incident Reporting
- Discrimination and Harassment
- University Police Department
Off-campus Student Support Resources
Last edited on 09/05/2024.
