OSHB administers health, dental, disability and life insurance for all eligible University residents, fellows and interns. Enrollment forms, plan brochures and additional resources can be found on the Office of Student Health Benefits website: https://shb.umn.edu/health-plans/rfi
Contact information:
Phone: 612-624-0627 or 1-800-232-9017
Fax: 612-626-5183 or 1-800-624-9881
Email: umshbo@umn.edu
Website: https://shb.umn.edu
Free Coaching/Counseling Services for Resident & Fellows
What? The Office of Graduate Medical Education offers professional coaching.
Who? Carolyn Hildebrandt, the GME Organizational Development Manager
Example of topics: Interpersonal relationships with care teams, attendings, other trainees, handling critical feedback, time management and prioritizing, conflict, career decision making, leadership, etc.
Carolyn is a licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience in healthcare systems with coaching and developing people.
Need Support? Vital WorkLife Can Help
Residency and fellowship can be demanding—mentally, emotionally, and physically. Through our partnership with Vital WorkLife, all residents and fellows have confidential access to counseling, legal and financial resources, peer coaching, and more—at no cost to you.
Available 24/7, this Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is here to support your well-being both at work and at home.
Vital WorkLife App
Download from your app store.
Register by entering your preferred email, a password of your choosing, and the company username: umnresidents.
Member Website
Go to VITALWorkLife.com and log in using:
Username: umnresidents
Password: vitalworklife
Contact Vital WorkLife
Call 877.731.3949 for assistance anytime, day or night.
The GME Office offers professional coaching through Carolyn Hildebrandt, the Organizational Development Manager in our office, who is also a licensed psychologist. Carolyn has almost 20 years of experience in healthcare systems with coaching and developing people.
Coaching consists of 1:1 sessions that help you make progress on any issue impacting your effectiveness. Coaching provides listening, support, exploration, goal-setting, and accountability.
GME Coaching is provided at no cost to you and flexible in the number of sessions available.
Carolyn maintains confidentiality for all of her clients. Only information that you explicitly specify be released can be shared. Notes are taken, but not part of an electronic medical record.
Just about anything is fair game to work on. Residents and fellows in the last 6 months have addressed issues like:
Interpersonal relationships with care teams, attendings, other trainees
Handling critical feedback
Time management and prioritizing
Dealing with conflict
Building a stronger presence with attendings and patients
Handling anxiety and intimidating situations
Career decision-making
Leadership development
Adjusting to changes/personal resiliency
Balancing work and home
Sessions will be all held remotely via Zoom to promote physical distancing. There are evening time slots on Tuesdays. To schedule, trainees can choose a designated Coaching Appointment time slot.
Graduate Medical Education (GME) is committed to promoting the health and wellbeing of our residents and fellows.
BOOKMARK: Support Resources webpage for health and wellness information.
A list of primary care doctors was created to help residents/fellows find a primary care doctor in the community.
Once you identify a doctor from the list, please check your insurance to make sure that the doctor is in-network.
NOTE: If you do not have Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) insurance, check with your current healthcare provider