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Welcome to Health and Wellness - COM Peoria

Why Wellness Matters

Year after year, National College Health Assessments reflect that college students experience high rates of stress during their time in school. Anxiety, depression, financial distress, family troubles, and other factors beyond a student’s control can impact well-being.

Getting through medical school is challenging in a variety of ways. UIC's Medical Student Wellness Program is here to remind you that medical school is not just about learning how to take care of others, it is also about learning how to take care of yourself.

At The Library

Here at the Library of the Health Sciences - Peoria, we are dedicated to supporting student wellness and providing a comfortable atmosphere!

We have:

Activity kits that include tennis rackets and tennis balls, binoculars and a field guide, brain teasing puzzles, and a football, soccer ball, and Frisbee. Kits can be checked out for 24 hours.
Study Break supplies that include origami guides and papers, coloring books and colored pencils, and note cards.
Group activities like a community jigsaw puzzle.
Medical and nursing student life materials that include books to help you balance work and life, gain perspective on your chosen specialty, cook a healthy meal, or just relax and read for fun.
Library staff also sometimes provide free coffee and snacks.

If you need help finding anything or have a suggestion, let us know and we'll be happy to help.

Feel free to submit your questions, comments, and suggestions: lib-pref@uic.edu

Wellness at the University of Illinois College of Medicine

COM - Peoria Student Wellness Committee
The Committee's purpose is to “Enhance the holistic wellness of UICOMP students through education and resources." Members of the committee represent various constituent groups of UICOMP (M1’s, M2’s, M3’s, M4’s, Staff, Faculty, and Administration).
COM – Peoria Student Health & Wellness Services
A general overview of health and wellness services and policies for Peoria students, including information and contacts for Student Counseling.
COM – Peoria Student Life
Information on UICOMP student interest groups, student events, Peoria area activities, and a Student Events Calendar.
UIC COM Medical Student Wellness Program
The UIC COM Medical Student Wellness Program believes that maintaining life-balance, avoiding stress, and staying healthy are vital components of becoming a successful physician. Through collaborative efforts across campus, our hope is to cultivate an environment that encourages maintenance of physical and mental health throughout the medical school experience.

Medical Student, Resident & Physician Wellness

AMSA Primer on Medical Student Well-Being (pdf)
From the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), whose purpose is to promote improvements in health sciences education so that the educational environment fosters growth of the student as an integrated mental, physical, and spiritual being.
Changing the Conversation from Burnout to Wellness: Physician Well-being in Residency Training Programs
The time has come for academic medicine to move beyond a simple discussion of physician burnout. To do this, we must first develop a shared definition of physician wellness followed by interventional strategies to bolster it.
Current Directions in Medical Student Well-being: A Primer for Students (pdf)
From the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), an organization that has consistently addressed student well-being as an issue of utmost importance and has supported student involvement in conversations about medical education.
Physician Health Program (PHP)
The Ontario Medical Association’s Physician and Professionals Health Program (PHP) believes healthy individuals and healthy workplaces makes for healthy doctors. The "Well-Being" page offers a variety of wellness articles and resources.
The State of Medical Student Wellness: A Call for Culture Change (pdf)
Student wellness should be a priority for all medical schools. Institutional culture changes are difficult to achieve, but necessary in order to help develop physicians who are well-balanced, healthy, and happy, while serving patients to the best of their abilities. Accessible to UIC affiliated users only.

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Health and Wellness - COM Peoria

Welcome to Health and Wellness - COM Peoria

Why Wellness Matters

At The Library

Here at the Library of the Health Sciences - Peoria, we are dedicated to supporting student wellness and providing a comfortable atmosphere!

Wellness at the University of Illinois College of Medicine

Medical Student, Resident & Physician Wellness

Locations

Richard J. Daley Library

Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago

Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria

Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford

Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana