Wellness Week

Decrease Burnout, Celebrate Wellness

Sponsored by CREOG 

**By entering the 2020 ACOG/CREOG National Wellness Week Contest, the Participant agrees to be bound by the Rules, Release and Permission, and Data Privacy Policy found here.

Being part of Wellness Week is easy: 

  • PLAN daily activities to PROMOTE physician wellness 
  • SHARE your activities on social media and use #ACOGbewell2020  
  • WIN prizes for your program, three programs will win $500 each! 

2020 Wellness Week Contest Rules

Dates for Submitting Entries:

  • Contest opens at midnight, February 3, 2020 and closes at 11:59 pm, February 14, 2020.

Eligibility and Restrictions:

  • Only U.S. ob-gyn residency programs are eligible to enter.
  • Employees of ACOG and members of their immediate families are not eligible to participate
  • Only one entry per residency program allowed per day.
  • Participants are entering on behalf of the residency program; the prize award will be to the residency program, not the individual who submits the entry.
  • All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  Void where prohibited.

How to Enter:

  • Participants must follow ACOG on Instagram, @ACOG_org
  • Participants must have a public Instagram account.
  • Only posts on Instagram using the #ACOGBEWELL2020 will be considered.
  • Participants can enter once per day between February 3-14, 2020.
  • This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

Criteria – Entries will be judged by a neutral panel on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to wellness issues (40%)
  • Creativity (40%)
  • Originality (20%)

Prizes and Notification:

  • Three ob-gyn residency programs will be awarded $500 each.
  • Winners will be selected by the judges’ panel by February 27, 2020.
  • Winners will be contacted by ACOG within five (5) days following their selection; notification will be notified by email, phone, or direct messaging.
  • Prizes will be awarded to the residency program director of the winning residency programs.
  • ACOG shall have no liability for Winner’s failure to receive notices due to spam or security settings, or for Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information.
  • If Winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 10 days from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and release as required, the prize may be forfeited, and an alternate Winner selected.
  • Winners will be announced on Friday, February 28, 2020, at the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting.
  • Winners list will be published on the ACOG website as well as on the ACOG Instagram account.
  • The odds of winning will be determined by the number of entrants submitted in the contest.

Release and Permission:

Photos and videos submitted for the Wellness Week contest may be used on the ACOG website or in future promotions. By submitting your photo or video online, you agree to the following terms and conditions: View Release

Data Privacy Policy can be found here: View Data Privacy Policy

Release/Permission

By submitting these photographs, audio recordings and/or video recordings, Participants represent and warrant that the submission content is original except for material openly taken from other sources with permission and properly credited to the copyright holders, that upon publication nothing contained in the submission will constitute an infringement of any copyright, that its contents are neither libelous nor constitute an invasion of privacy, and that any individual appearing in the photographs, audio recordings and/or video recordings has consented to the use of their likeness in the submission.

Further, Participants represent and warrant that the submission complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations that apply to privacy and the disclosure of personal health information, such as HIPAA, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.  Participants also represent and warrant that Participants have obtained, prior to submission, any necessary patient authorizations.  Participants shall maintain such authorizations and shall inform ACOG in a timely manner of any revocation by a patient of such authorizations.  

Participants give ACOG irrevocable permission to edit, manipulate, publish, and distribute these photographs, audio recordings and/or video recordings and use them in any and all media, including print and electronic for any lawful purpose. Participants agree to hold harmless, indemnify, and defend ACOG against any and all liability, losses, damages, suits, claims or actions, and the defense thereof (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising out of any breach or any allegation which if true would constitute a breach of the above statements.

Data Privacy

By entering, Participants agree that personal data (“Personal Data”), including, without limitation, the Participants’ name and address, may be processed, shared and otherwise used for the purposes and within the context of the Contest and any other purposes outlined in these Official Rules. Participants also agree that such Personal Data may also be used by ACOG in order to verify the Participant's identity, postal address, and telephone number or to otherwise verify the participant's eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes. While ACOG is committed to undertaking reasonable measures to protect the privacy, accuracy and reliability of the Personal Data submitted and to protect such information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, ACOG notes that the internet is not a perfect service medium and data transmission is not guaranteed to be secure.  ACOG uses, and will use, a variety of security measures to insure the security of the Personal Data collected during the Contest. However, ACOG cannot and does not warrant the security of the Personal Data which is submitted as part of the Contest and cannot and does not warrant that such Personal Data will not be intercepted unlawfully by third parties. When any information is provided to ACOG as part of the Contest, including Personal Data, such submission is done at the Participants own risk.

2019 Wellness Week Winners

Small Program:

Danbury Hospital 229
Program Director: Erin Michele Panarelli, MD
CREOG Region 1
District I, CT Section

Large Program:
 
Providence Hospital & Medical Centers
Program Director: Robert Dodds, MD
CREOG Region 2
District V, MI Section

Honorable Mention:

George Washington Hospital Center
District IV, Washington, DC

2018 Wellness Week Winners

1st place: $700 Prize
University of Puerto Rico

2nd place: $200 Prize
INOVA Fairfax

3rd place: $100 Prize
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
409 12th Street SW, Washington, DC  20024-2188
Mailing Address: PO Box 96920, Washington, DC 20024-9998