At its inception in the 1980s, the program was developed for medical residents at the Department of Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston. For decades, the program positively impacted residents’ working and training environment in the Department of Internal Medicine by applying organizational, psychological, and educational insights and concepts to help them meet the challenges they commonly encountered in their training.

Implementation of MedRAP at BCM confirmed that investing in the well-being and professional development of residents benefits the medical trainees, their patients, the affiliated hospitals, and the health care system as a whole. MedRAP can be easily tailored to the needs of a wide range of health care trainees.