Iris MushinIris Mushin, M.Ed., MBA, conceived the idea of a Medical Resident Assistance Program (MedRAP) while she was studying for her MBA in 1988. At the time, her husband was completing his surgical training at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and she witnesed the stress of medical residency. She perceived a troubling correlation between residents' well-being and optimal patient care and felt it was a public health issue that needed to be addressed. Drawing on her previous training as well as interdisciplinary concepts utilized in various industries, she developed MedRAP to help improve the professional development, efficient functioning, and well-being of medical residents in the department of Internal Medicine at BCM. MedRAP ran successfully for 25 years. Over the years, MedRAP has improved the training experience and hospital efficiency at the BCM affiliated hospitals, and resident participants have gone on to become faculty, program directors, and chairs in academic institutions all over the U.S. Read More Read Less