Committee Overview

Charge:  To create a culture of self-care at CCOM, and to support and promote individual and community well-being. 

The Committee will:

1. Assess student wellness needs and identify challenges to well-being encountered by medical and physician assistance students
2. Provide guidance and recommendations to support student self-care and resiliency skill-building including collaboration and coordination with curricular and extracurricular programs as appropriate
3. Educate the community about, and eliminate stigma related to, seeking mental health care and help-seeking in general
4. Propose and/or develop further initiatives to enhance a culture of wellness at CCOM

Committee composition: 

• Faculty/staff/administrators
• Assistant dean for student affairs and curriculum
• Medical student counseling center director
• Learning communities coordinator
• MAS course directors
• Student members
• Learning communities wellness liaisons (4)
• NAMI CCOM representative
• Clerkship wellness project representative
• Social wellness student representative
• MSTP wellness committee
• CCOM student government representative (2)