Wisdom & Wellbeing
Eligibility: All Health System Employees
Email: WisdomAndWellbeing@uvahealth.org
Contacts:
Peggy Plews-Ogan, MD
Richard Westphal, PhD, RN
Unit/department workshops on
- Stress awareness
- Stress First Aid
- Wisdom practices for self
- Wisdom practices for unit
- Communication
- Stepping in 4 Respect
- Disclosure and peer support after an error
Faculty and Employee Assistance Program (FEAP)
Eligibility: All University Employees
Phone: 434.243.2643
- Assessment
- Coaching
- Referrals to internal & external resources
- Education & Seminars
- Critical incident response
- Manager consultation
- Support groups & support sessions
- Coordinated outreach
- Virtual, self-guided, on-demand tools & webinars
Eligibility: All UVA Employees
(Note: HOOS WELL resources marked with an asterisk are available only to EEs and spouses on the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Health Plan)
Email: HoosWell@virginia.edu
- Healthy Minds @Work and the 3-week Spark Appreciation Challenge
- eM Life (live and on-demand mindfulness practices)*
- Monthly series of Emotional wellbeing webinars (with FEAP)
- Mindful Leadership Training (with eM Life and UVA Mindfulness Center)
- Hoos Well web portal*: Journeys (self-directed learning modules), sleep & nutrition guides, and more
- Resources for physical and nutritional well-being
Clinician Wellness Program
Eligibility: School of Medicine Faculty and Students
Contact: Karen Warburton (216-964-8018)
Interventions:
- Large or small group didactic or interactive programs (faculty or trainee orientation, grand rounds, workshops)
- Stress and burnout
- Impairment
- Work-life integration
- Finding meaning in work
Assessments:
- 360 evaluations
- Work group assessments (climate surveys)
Eligibility:
- UVA Patients recently discharged from UVA-Health after a hospitalization and referred to our patient programs
- UVA Fellows, Residents, Staff, Faculty, Clinicians, and Clinical Team Members (including UPG & UVA-Wise)
Virtual & In-Person Appointments Available
If meeting in person, our office is located at:
1222 Jefferson Park Ave., 5th floor, Room 5217, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Wellness Circles (Seasonal):
Eligibility: All Patients, Family, and Medical Center Staff
Phone: 434-924-2642
- Request religious rites, services and prayers or sacred literature
Compassionate Care Initiative (CCI)
School of Nursing (SON)
Eligibility: All Health System Employees & students
Activity Calendar
(free & open to public, schedule varies)
- Daily drop-in classes – e.g., yoga, meditation, tai chi, etc
- Monthly “office hours” with Kenny the therapy dog
- Monthly creativity breaks
- Occasional speakers
- Webinars, Podcasts & Recordings
- Guided Practices
- Handouts
- Annual community-based conference on compassionate care
Center for Appreciative Practice
Eligibility:
- Mindfulness for Health System Employees - All Health System Employees
- Advanced Mindful Leadership- All University Employees who have taken the Introductory-level Mindful Leadership Program through Hoos Well or another 8-week mindfulness course
Mindfulness for Health System Employees Course
8-week course meets for two hours each week. The courses have been shown to decrease stress, foster resilience and can lead to improved communication with patients and others.
Advanced Mindful Leadership Course (with Hoos Well)
This 8-week course meets for two hours each week and focuses on applying mindfulness to being a more effective leader. Emotional intelligence is key to being a mindful leader, and ways of cultivating emotional intelligence are presented throughout the course.