After a long winter – in more ways than one – Spring is here! With that comes the GME Office’s Spring campaign for the Resident / Fellow Well-Being Index (WBI). We hope you will consider participating.
The WBI, a 7-question tool, can help you understand your overall well-being compared to other residents/fellows across UW and the nation and provides access to resources. The information we collect 2x/year through the WBI is helping us to prioritize and target our well-being efforts to the groups that need them most. You can see the Fall 2020 data and current plans on our Well-Being Index page.
Some important points about the WBI, which was developed by Mayo Clinic researchers and is managed by an outside vendor:
- The WBI is 100% anonymous: your personal information and individual scores are private and will not be shared with UW GME, UW Medicine, or your program.
- Due to this anonymity, the tool does not trigger an outreach from anyone in your program or in GME, regardless of your score, which you should know in advance. This does not mean that the tool is not working, or that no one is paying attention. The tool is configured this way so you feel safe.
- UW GME will report only group level data (5 or more participants) back to this community and stakeholders.
- We know that the WBI doesn’t do anything by itself to improve your wellness. It is important for taking our community’s “temperature” but is not an answer in and of itself. It is only one piece of larger efforts. See our FAQs to learn more about other initiatives.
- We’re hoping for as much participation as possible between April 1, 2021 and May 15, 2021, although the WBI is available 24/7 and can be used weekly. We’ll send a few email reminders during the Spring 2021 period.
Setting up an account is easy and completing the Index takes less than one minute. More information and a short introductory video are on the WBI page.
Thank you for your participation!
Jennifer Best, MD
Associate Dean, Accreditation and Education
Graduate Medical Education, UW Medicine