Wellness in the life of a physician involves addressing aspects of quality of life in the workplace as well as personal life. In the workplace, wellness may not just be "individual", but rather empowering patients and community to achieve wellness. In the professional realm, wellness attributes would ideally reduce administrative burdens on physicians, improve practice efficiency and enhance individual physician well-being. In the personal realm, wellness may include strategies to enhance resiliency; recognize and address "burn-out"; maintain self-care basics; develop mind-body tools; and address values/spirituality/creativity.

In the Wellness elective the student will design their own curriculum with advisement and guidance from the Assistant Dean for Wellness. The summative tasks to fulfill the individual objectives will be determined as part of the student's curriculum.