Resident/Fellow Wellness Resources

Hartford Ability Assist Counseling Service: Employee Assistance Services - The Hartford Ability Assist Counseling Service offers programs and services to help residents and fellows achieve better health and overcome life's challenges, including emotional and work-life counseling, financial information and resources, legal support and resources, and health and benefits services. 

Mayo Wellbeing Index: This is an opportunity to help you better understand your overall well-being and areas of risk compared to other residents across the nation, as well as provide access to local and national resources.

GME Resources: A guide provided by the Office of Graduate Medical Education regarding wellness resources.

Tulane Resident and Fellow Congress (TRFC): The Resident/Fellow Congress (TRFC) provides residents/fellows at Tulane with a platform to communicate and exchange information relevant to their ACGME-accredited programs and their learning and working environments. The Congress is composed of representatives from each program elected by their peers. The Congress in turn elects resident representatives to serve on the GMEC, where they provide a representative voice for the governance of our programs.

Professionalism Program: The Professionalism/Environment of Learning Program (PELP) is designed to facilitate the creation and maintenance of an environment that is professional, respectful, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating. The PELP allows individuals to both recognize exemplary behavior as well as submit concerns about all aspects of the learning environment.

Tulane Recovery Community (TRC): The mission is to support individualized recovery on campus by providing recovery-based programs that foster academic achievement, connection, and engagement.

LCMC BeWell Center: The Be Well Center is a wellbeing hub for team members that prioritizes the broader, diverse aspects of your well-being – organizational culture, efficiency, and personal resilience by reducing barriers to mental, physical, career, and life challenges and designing systems, workplace benefits, and resources that promote the holistic wellbeing. 

Wellbeing in GME by ACGME: The resources in this collection have been selected for their educational value to Sponsoring Institutions, programs, and individuals within graduate medical education (GME) that want to learn about and improve one or more aspects of well-being.

LCMC Resources

• LCMC Resident/Fellow Wellbeing Info Card
• LCMC Resident/Fellow Home

Mindfulness/Meditation Practice
Mindfulness and meditation provide a “pause button” amid the chaos of clinics, surgeries, and didactics. Just a few minutes of intentional breathing can lower cortisol, sharpen attention, and rekindle empathy, protecting against burnout. Carving out space and time for mindfulness is a small investment that yields healthier people and better care.

Tulane Fitness Center (TU Fit): 12,000 square feet and includes a functional training area, including turf and functional bridge, free weights, cardio machines, and selectorized strength equipment. TU Fit membership is limited to enrolled students and current employees of Tulane University.

Fitness Centers at LCMC Health: All are accessible with an LCMC badge, with the exception of East Jefferson (membership fee).

TUPD Recommended Walking Paths

Physical Fitness Videos: On-demand fitness videos fit the unpredictable rhythm of residency and fellowship, allowing trainees to start a workout between cases, pause for a page, and finish post-call without needing to commute to a gym. Because sessions can be shortened, replayed, or streamed in a call room with minimal equipment, residents and fellows can maintain consistent activity that boosts energy, cognitive sharpness, and stress resilience, even during the most demanding rotations.

AAMC FIRST: Financial Information, Resources, Services, and Tools: A resource from the AAMC, FIRST provides you with unbiased and reliable guidance about paying for medical school, managing money, and successfully repaying your student loans.  

• FIRST Resources - Review publications, infographics, charts, state and federal programs about financial aid, loans, credit, budgeting, loan repayment, and scholarships.
• FIRST Recorded Webinars/Videos - Watch recorded FIRST webinars and videos about financial topics important to premedical students, current medical students, and residents.
• FIRST Upcoming Webinars - Register to attend a FIRST Webinar. Topics presented will vary and include subjects like financing a medical education, understanding student loans, loan repayment, money management, budgeting, credit, preparing financially for residency, and more.

Hartford Ability Assist Counseling Service: Employee Assistance Services - The Hartford Ability Assist Counseling Service offers programs and services to help residents and fellows achieve better health and overcome life's challenges, including emotional and work-life counseling, financial information and resources, legal support and resources, and health and benefits services. 

Prayer/Meditation Rooms: Tulane School of Medicine has dedicated meditation/prayer rooms for faculty, students, residents, and staff use, as part of the school’s overall environment of learning and wellness initiatives, accessible via splash card swipe during regular building hours. These rooms are located at Murphy 200B and Hutchinson 1000.

Reverend William 'Bill' Terry
Chaplain, Tulane University School of Medicine