Team Building for Internal Medicine Interns: Part of a Comprehensive Wellness Program

Our wellness program includes a wellness lecture series, social and athletic activities, snack baskets for our inpatient teams and has named faculty and residents as wellness champions. People identified as peer or faculty support for residents in distress. Since many interns have left behind an established social support network we wanted to engage them with each other and expose them to something our community is famous for, rock climbing. Conclusions: Interns and leadership see value in this activity; This program could serve as a springboard for connection leading to other wellness activities such as meals together, beer making, hiking, etc.; Over time this activity, embedded within a comprehensive wellness program, may be protective against workplace burnout.