Peer coaching is a collaborative partnership between a coach and coachee. The coach serves as an unbiased guide, honoring the coachee as an expert in their own life. Coachees gain an elevated perspective and deeper understanding of where they are, how they got there, why they may feel stuck or unfulfilled, and where they want to go. Over time, values are clarified, goals are set and action can lead to meaningful change.
The Pitt-UPMC Center for Peer Coaching was developed in 2019 as an initiative of an institution-wide physician well-being program and expanded to include PhD faculty a few years later. The mission was to build a community of trained peer coaches to support other colleagues in their professional and personal transformation towards improved quality of life and opportunities to thrive.
Coaches benefit too through the fulfillment of giving back, mastering leadership skills, and joining our vibrant community of peer coaches across the institution.
Email Address: peercoaching@pitt.edu
Sansea Jacobson, MD | Joseph Losee, MD | Rex Gatto, PhD | Ian Barbash, MD | Martina Bison-Huckaby, MBA | Vu Nguyen, MD | Victoria Deans, LCSW | Robert Rutkowski, MD | Carola Neumann, MD | Lauren Navitsky, MD | Jennifer Szczepaniak