Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Resident Wellness

Wellness Initiative Committee

In the MUSC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, we do our best to maintain a culture of comradery, support, and wellness. Our residents are a close group, and we foster this as a department, as this support is key to our resident’s resilience. Having a four-year program, we recognize that each class may have different needs throughout our varied training locations and intensities. To address this a class representative system was created in 2017 to give each class and individual residents a direct voice to the program director and the program evaluation committee. Residents are also encouraged to bring their individual needs directly to the Education Office, Program Director, or Associate Program Director. All of our residents have access to free mental health resources through the employee assistance program (EAP). Additionally, all of our residents have free membership at the MUSC Wellness Center, which is an expansive facility providing exercise equipment, free weights, swimming, basketball, racquetball, tennis, soccer and intramural sports. When on call we provide meal vouchers and have healthy snacks available to feed busy residents. 

Wellness Resources

• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Center 
• MUSC Urban Farm 
• MUSC Resiliency Program
• Arts in Healing
• Pastoral and Spiritual Care Services
• Wellbeing OurDay Modules
• Crisis Lines:
  • Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor
  • National Suicide Prevention Line- available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255