WashU is ranked among the best places to work in St. Louis. The Office of Human Resources at WashU Medicine is here to help you.
Guidance resources
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), offers free, confidential, 24/7 support, resources and information for every aspect of your life.
- Phased Retirement Program to help tenured and clinician track faculty make a smooth transition to retirement.
Family
- To help facilitate a smooth transition back to work after childbirth, WashU Medicine offers over 100 lactation spaces for nursing mothers across campus. Please visit Facilities Management Department – Lactation Rooms to learn more and to find a list of lactation rooms.
- WashU Medicine Graduate Medical Education (GME) Parenting
- WashU Work-Life & Family Care
- WUDA: resources for supporting caregivers (password protected)
Health and wellness
- BJC WellAware Center – Located at 4220 Duncan Avenue #103, the center offers a comprehensive fitness program, including aerobics, spinning, and yoga classes. Staffed by exercise specialists and physiologists, they provide personal training to help individuals achieve their fitness goals.
- WashU Medicine Unisex Restrooms – In order to accommodate all people on campus, Operations & Facilities Management developed a list of Unisex Restrooms.
- WashU Medicine Bicycle Parking – The Medical School offers many bicycle amenities, including shower facilities, bike fix-it stations, and ample parking. Please view this interactive map to explore these amenities.
- WashU Medicine Locker Rooms & Shower Rooms
- WashU MyWay to Health – Offers health coaching, weight management programs, and presentations for benefits-eligible employees. They also provide quarterly hybrid workshops and events on health and wellness topics.
- Wellness Challenge – Join as an individual or with a team and log healthy activities that help you feel your best.
- Wellness Connection – Works to make a positive impact on faculty, staff and students. Their events, programs and information are geared toward the health, wellness and quality of life.
Religion and faith
- The Danforth Interfaith Chapel is located on the first floor of the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building and is available for all faith group denominations. For more information on religious life at WashU, please visit the Office for Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life.
Reporting
- Safe Reporting – Report a professional accolade or concern about the learning environment.
- Mandatory Reporting – Who is a mandatory reporter?
- Title IX Office – Provides resources available to any member of the WashU community who has been affected by a Title IX violation and needs additional support.
- Office of the Ombuds – A resource for faculty providing assistance with informal conflict resolution, advocating for fair treatment, and adhering to principles of confidentiality, independence, impartiality, and informality.
Other resources
- Well-Developed – Podcast featuring Erin Herrara (Associate Vice Chair of Well-Being) and Dr. Rachel Moguin (Assistant Professor) in the WashU Medicine Department of Anesthesiology.
- Addressing Physician Burnout – The Way Forward
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative to the General US Population
- Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians
- Happiness 101 – Simple Secrets to Smart Living & Wellbeing by WU Assistant Dean Tim Bono, PhD
- Healthy Approaches to Physician Stress
- Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Burnout: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- The Mayo Clinic Guide to stress-Free Living by Amit Sood, MD, MSc
- The Moral Distress Syndrome Affecting Physicians by Eldo E. Frezza, MD, MBA, FACS
- Physician-as-Patient – Vulnerabilities and Strengths by Krala Castro-Frenzel. JAMA
- Positive Spirituality in Health Care by Frederic C. Craige, Jr. PhD
- Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
- Mayo Clinic Strategies to Reduce Burnout – 12 Actions to Create the Ideal Workplace by Stephen J. Swenson & Tait D. Shangfelt
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Visit mindapps.org/apps to choose the app that works best for you.
- Waking Up – Daily guided meditation. Free 7 day trial. In-app purchases.
- Yoga Nidra- Relaxation Lite – Stress management toll. Free.
- Calm – Guided mediation. Free 7 day trial. In-app purchases. Calm is a family-friendly benefit that can be used by anyone in your family. It also caters to parents and those navigating pregnancy. For those with children, Calm for Kids is a wonderful resource to support their growth.
- Headspace – Unlock self-care ideas. Free 14 day trial. In-app purchases.
- Insight Timer – Meditation app guided meditations. Free.
- Plum Village – Guided meditations, deep relaxations and other practices. Free.
- Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub – Sharing knowledge to combat clinician burnout
- Eating Well – Quick and Healthy Recipes
- Food Network – Healthy Cooking Everyday