Health and Wellness

At PNWU, students are training to become caring health care providers who practice from a philosophy of holistic wellness. We recognize that students need to attend to their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being during their training. While this is not always easy, we provide a number of services to assist them (see links to the right on the page). In an effort to offer resources students can access at their convenience, below are links to various online sources of information. Students and those in their households also have access to a variety of services through our Student Assistance Program: https://wellconnect.personaladvantage.com/. Additional information can be found on the PNWU Counseling Services webpage.

Graduate Health Science Students and Mental Health

The AAMC has several articles addressing mental health and medical students and residents (https://students-residents.aamc.org/medical-student-well-being/medical-student-well-being). Some articles are written by students sharing their own experiences. Many of these articles are applicable to students in any graduate level health science education program. A selection of articles are linked below.

Understanding Your Mental Health

Caring for Yourself Before You Care for Others

We Burn Out, We Break, We Die: Medical Schools Must Change Their Culture to Preserve Medical Student Mental Health

3 Subtle Signs of Burnout and 3 Not-so-Subtle Ways of Reclaiming Your Wellbeing

Courage and Mental Health: Physicians and Physicians-in-Training Sharing Their Personal Narratives

Reflective MedEd

Reflective MedEd is dedicated to reflective practice in medical education and care of the person. We publish contributions that offer insight and illumination into the experience of educating the next generation of physicians. We welcome the thoughts of educators, patients, and all who foster awareness of the human dimension of doctoring and develop advocates for the just and equitable treatment of all patients. This blog seeks to support and nurture the soul of medical education in an age all too often dominated by mere quantification. (from website)

Guided Meditations

Take Five to Relax

Short, guided meditations from Case Western Reserve University’s Wellness webpage. Each meditation is about 5 minutes in length.

Personal Development and Work/School-Life Topics

Training Programs and Services 2020 and Training Programs and Services 2021

Includes topics such as communication skills, self-forgiveness, resilience, and legal and financial

Nutrition

Choose My Plate Initiative

Guidance on eating habits based on your health goals and current levels of knowledge regarding nutrition

Outdoor Activity and Fitness

Local Hikes (Hiking information for the entire state can be found at www.wta.org.)

Baldy Mountain

Bear Canyon

Black Canyon

Cowiche Canyon

Manastash Ridge Boy Scout Trail

Manastash Ridge Prater Trail

Manastash Ridge Westberg Trail

Oak Creek Road/Bethel Ridge

Rocky Top

Selah Cliffs Natural Area Preserve

Snow Mountain Ranch

Tieton River Nature Trail

Umtanum Creek Canyon

Umtanum Creek Falls

Umtanum Ridge

Waterworks Canyon/Mt. Cleman

White’s Ridge

Yakima Greenway

Yakima Skyline

Grief and Loss

Grief and Loss Topics from coping with grief to making funeral arrangements

COVID-19 Information and Resources

Coronavirus Resources

Includes webinars, navigating life at home, resiliency, and COVID-19 FAQs

Fitness Reimbursement
Prescription Assistance
Insurance/Find a Healthcare Provider
Immunizations
Legal and Financial Resources
Drug and Alcohol Awareness