Comradery
The UW Boise residents work and socialize together, and also with other trainee groups in the area including: medical students, family medicine residents, pharmacy residents, nurse practitioner residents, and psychology post-docs. This is facilitated through overlapping rotations and interprofessional retreats and conferences.
Financial Wellness
Our residents benefit from relatively low cost-of-living and high quality of life in the Boise area. Our program provides lunch for our residents every day and other meals when our residents are on inpatient services. We also support residents through paid medical licenses, professional development and travel, lodging for rotations outside of Boise, free gym membership, and paid subscriptions to MKSAP. Residents get full healthcare and retirement benefits through the University of Washington.
Physical Wellness
The Boise area has a culture that embraces being outdoors and physically active. Our core hospitals and clinics are all near downtown, and there are convenient bike/walking routes abound. The Boise VA has a full gym on campus, a yoga program, and sits 100 yards from trailhead access to one of the premier hiking/running/biking trail systems in the country.
EMotional & Mental WEllness
UW Boise residents have free confidential access to counseling through the UW Medicine Graduate Medical Education wellness service and through the Ada County Medical Society Physician Vitality program.
As a University of Washington Boise Internal Medicine Resident, you and/or your spouse/partner will receive up to six free visits with a mental health counselor provided by Ada County Medical Society Physician Vitality Program. You also have access to up to four more visits per 12-month period through the UW GME Wellness benefits.