The HMS MD program emphasizes the importance of well-being, wellness and health through policies and programs, and integrates well-being sessions throughout the 4-year curriculum.
Well-being is a professionalism objective of the MD program. By the time of graduation, all students will be able to apply the skills and incorporate the attitudes needed to maintain and promote personal wellness.
The MD program’s policy for academic workload and clinical duty hours in MD courses and clerkships includes an emphasis on personal wellness. Students are encouraged to maintain self-care and monitor other goals for personal wellness (e.g., getting adequate sleep each night) irrespective of the total amount of hours spent on educational activities.
Well-being is integrated throughout the MD curriculum in both Pathways and HST curricular tracks and across the phases of the MD curriculum from Preclerkship through Post-PCE.