Key date to remember

Official LCME site visit: Feb. 18-21, 2024

Overview of Mental Health and Well-Being

Element 12.3 – Personal Counseling/Mental Health/Well-Being Programs

What: The LCME requires an effective system of counseling services for its medical students that includes programs to promote, maintain and improve physical, emotional and mental health through proper diet, exercise, stress management and illness prevention. VCU uses a seven-dimension model of wellness, with more than 50 programs and offerings available to students.

Why: Wellness and well-being programs can help students manage the challenges of medical education more effectively.

Call to action:

We encourage medical students to explore the School of Medicine’s compendium of resources that can help prioritize and enhance health and wellness.

Supporting Our Students

LCME Element 12.3 — Personal Counseling/Mental Health/Well-Being Programs

A medical school has in place an effective system of counseling services for its medical students that includes programs to promote their well-being and to facilitate their adjustment to the physical and emotional demands of medical education.

Source: LCME Functions and Structure of a Medical School 2023-24