At Mayo Clinic, your physical and mental health is our priority. The Diagnostic Radiology Department promotes the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. As a trainee, you’ll experience a robust wellness curriculum that includes core lectures on topics related to health, wellness, personal finance, and resiliency, as well as regularly scheduled wellness activities and events.

Wellness curriculum

Our Diagnostic Radiology Residency will participate in a novel well-being curriculum created at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, by a current resident along with a psychologist in Student Services, the Humanities in Medicine Department, and the program directors.

In this optional curriculum, you will have the opportunity to meet regularly in a group with a psychologist and members from the Department of Humanities in Medicine to discuss topics that contribute to isolation and lack of well-being among resident physicians. This is a dynamic curriculum using regular resident feedback to optimize sessions to best meet the needs of our residents.

Wellness initiatives

As a trainee, your physical and mental health are priorities to Mayo Clinic and the department. Trainees have access to several resources to promote well-being, as well as time off clinical duties to attend appointments.

Family Benefits

• Our parental leave policy:
  • Short-term disability (medical leave up to 13 weeks — includes six weeks of paid maternity leave)
  • Paid parental leave (ten days — applies to both the birthing and non-birthing parent(s), in addition to the above six weeks of maternity leave)
• Our lactation policy:
  • Mayo clinic supports lactating residents for the duration of lactation. Break time and access to comfortable, convenient, and private locations is provided to express milk.
  • Designated lactation spaces are available throughout the clinic and hospital.
  • While employees are encouraged to take breaks to express milk, employees are permitted to use wearable pumps while working.
• Childcare benefits include:
  • Bright Horizons discounted daycare and back-up sick care
• Adoption assistance is available for eligible expenses.
  • The Mayo Clinic Adoption Assistance Plan will reimburse eligible adoption related expenses up to $10,000 per adoption. For adoption of a stepchild, the maximum benefit is limited to $500.

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Belonging and Inclusion

We strive to recruit and develop clinical leaders that are representative of our broader community and to foster a culture of safety and belonging for all staff, students and patients. We are all responsible to and for our community which in turn provides a solid clinical foundation and encourages individual development, while fostering an environment of scholarly inquisitiveness, commitment to excellence, and creativity.

Our faculty includes individuals from diverse cultural and clinical training backgrounds. Our program values facilitating personally and professionally supportive and affirming relationships between residents, fellows, and faculty.

Radiology Department Belonging Committee

Our Radiology Department Belonging Committee brings together radiologists, trainees, technologists, administrative staff, and IT team members. We work together to make sure everyone in the department feels included and supported. We also reach out to the Phoenix community through service, education, and engagement projects that help build strong connections outside the clinic.

As a trainee, you’ll also have the chance to get involved in:

• Mayo Employee Resource Groups (MERGs): Staff-led groups that help promote belonging, raise cultural awareness, and create a respectful and inclusive workplace. Any Mayo employee can join and participate at any level.
• The Mayo Clinic Trainee Belonging Committee: A group focused on recruiting and mentoring trainees, especially those from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.

Learn more on the Belonging Committee website. 

Life in Phoenix

Our residents love the beautiful scenery and opportunities for adventure that Arizona has to offer, as well as the big city entertainment and diverse restaurants in the Phoenix area. Our beautiful and rugged landscape offers year-round recreational opportunities such as camping, hiking, and biking. In Downtown Phoenix, you'll enjoy an eclectic art scene, sports arenas, concert venues, and endless dining options, and many of our fellows love the nightlife scene in Scottsdale's entertainment district.

Mayo Fellows Association (MFA)

The Mayo Fellows Association (MFA) offers a peer and social support network for residents and fellows and their families with social events, athletics, and advocacy. The MFA also holds an annual resident and fellow appreciation event open to all trainees with complimentary massages, stress-reducing activities, and social support.