Chair massages and two furry guests named Mully & Sadie were the unofficial hits of a recent well-being event for resident physicians, fellows, faculty, and GME staff March 6 in Merliss Brown Auditorium.

About 50 people attended the station-based education & enrichment program, designed to deliver well-being information in a fun way. Stations included: Fun in Flint & HMC Resources; Creativity & Gratitude; Water for Wellness; Sleep, Dream, Be Well; Laughter as Medicine; Chair Massages; Pet Therapy (with special guests Mully, a golden doodle who visits adult HMC patients, and Sadie, a basset hound-sharpei mix who visits behavioral health patients at HMC); and Self Care. Oh - and the to-go lunch was a big hit, too. Resident physicians voted on their top two favorites to eat that day, and the winners were: Taboon and Cantonese Gourmet.

Participants could enter their names into a drawing for prizes at each station. And one name was chosen from all resident & fellow names, whether they could attend the event or not, to also win a prize. Amazon gift card* prize-winners were:

Station	Winner Name	Program Name
Fun in Flint/ HMC Resources	Rashee Gupta MD	Peds
Creativity/Gratitude	Nirmala Nagothu MD	MedPeds
Water for Wellness	Jacob Nosewicz MD	TY
Sleep, Dream, Be Well	Diane Casini DO	TY
Laughter as Medicine	Dominic Awuah MD	IM
Pet Therapy	Manuel Merida MD	ObGyn
Self-Care (Stress)	Monika Rachamallu MD	IM
Randomly selected	Abinash Parajuli MD	IM

*Courtesy of the Hurley Medical Staf

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Special thanks to the Hurley Graduate Medical Education Wellness Committee, GME staff, and friends for planning, setting up, working at, and cleaning up after the event: Psalm Bingham, Jim Buterakos, Julie Campe, Danielle Campbell, Thair Dawood, Jamal Dozier, Rashee Gupta, Jason Harrod, Danielle King, Jenny LaChance, Crystal Cederna-Meko, Audrina Roberts, Cheyenne Sanborn, Pauline Tippett, and Hallie Vanitvelt. Also, thank you to Doug Pike, Nikki Koliopoulis & Steffany Hillis in Marketing for their assistance.