Wellness Week

From counseling to guided meditation to opportunities for reflection and creative expression, the university has some great offerings to support student health and wellness!

OWB supports the UMass Chan Medical School culture with the goal to improve morale, increase engagement, ​​​​​​​and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. OWB is comprised of two teams; the Wellness Program and the Employee Assistance Program. ​​​​​​​Together, these teams provide support, tools and resources within the six dimensions of wellness.

This website is a shared effort by staff from Graduate Medical Education (GME), the UMMMC Medical Staff, the Employee Assistance Program, and the House Office Counseling Service, to provide basic information to physicians and their concerned colleagues regarding our local resources as well as self assessment and self help information.

Everyone experiences stress- it is part of the human experience. The Center for Mindfulness seeks to offer a scientifically researched way to change our relationship to stress using mind and body awareness, to participate in our own self-care, and to contribute wholeheartedly to our own growth and development as human beings.