Resident and Fellow Wellness - Graduate Medical Education

Ochsner Health programs are dedicated to residents and fellows’ well-being. We are committed to providing our residents and fellows with resources to promote nutritional, physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual health.

Nutritional

• Meal card – Residents and Fellows will be provided with a meal card containing the designated funds for the entire academic year. This sum will be renewed at the start of each academic year.
• Ochsner Eat Fit
• Provide healthy snacks available 24/7 in the resident break rooms

Physical

• Call rooms
• Onsite fitness center and pool
• Ochsner Fitness Center – $0 initiation fee; $31 per month membership rate (resident only)
• Levee access – walk/bike trail
• Pathway to Wellness
• Yoga classes – Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:15 PM and 5:15 PM
• Onsite Employee Health
• Same day appointments

Emotional

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Connecting with Peers through Empathy (C.O.P.E.)
• Mentor programs

Mental

• Meditation
• Resident lounges

Social

• Resident and Fellows Association activities
• Program planned activities

Spiritual

• Spiritual Care Team
• Chaplain

Additionally, Ochsner Clinic Foundation provides conveniences to assist in work/life balance.

• EMR training to increase efficient use of time
  
• 24/7 Medical Library
• Medical Publishing Services
• Two onsite pharmacies
• Two cafeterias
• Two convenient stores
• Optical shop
• Coffee shop
• Post office
• Salon and Barber
• Secure parking