Why Well-being, Emotional Intelligence, and Resilience?

The constructs of wellness and well-being are complex and associated with a variety of definitions and models. For example, wellness is often associated with lifestyle habits that include healthy nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation and adequate sleep. Well-being may include aspects such as emotional, spiritual, mental, social and vocational dimensions.

For the purpose of the QEP, the definition of well-being focuses on stress management, emotional intelligence, and resilience. This focus equips our students with skills to better prepare them to be future professionals. Key thought leaders have identified that constructs associated with well-being and emotional intelligence create the foundation upon which we build successful lives. Resilience, defined as persistence, hardiness, and an ability to bounce back from difficulty, is identified as a key skill. These theoretical constructs ground the QEP and form the foundation for a range of programs and services.

What is well-being?

Well-being is you living your best life! And, it’s also a five-year project at HSC that will enhance student learning and student success outcomes. It demonstrates our commitment to improving the learning environment for students. Through it, students will increase awareness of well-being, gain increased emotional intelligence skills, and develop new capacities for resilience–flexibly adapted to the individual, and their program and college. It will also enhance the overall culture of health and well-being at the university.

Through our well-being program, we equip students to succeed at HSC and in their professional careers. Learn about our well-being model here.

Who will benefit?

The entire HSC community will benefit from the QEP. However, in particular, students will receive a range of benefits from the QEP. The QEP will result in specific student learning outcomes. Students will be able to:

1. Students will identify concepts associated with well-being, emotional intelligence, and resilience.
2. Students will create a stress management growth plan as part of the emotional intelligence.
3. Students will develop capacities for resilience to support their success in school and future professions.

Why Well-being?

The choice of well-being as the focus of the HSC QEP resulted from a comprehensive, 2-year, inclusive planning process that explored ways to help students succeed in graduate school, and in the future. The QEP topic developed through survey data collection, focus groups, and input from faculty, staff, students, and external stakeholders (preceptors, rotation site staff). The QEP empowers students to develop a strong foundation in well-being by integrating emotional intelligence and resilience skills — equipping them to thrive as balanced, capable professionals in their future careers.