The Pediatric Buddy Program was developed in 2014 between the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio and their primary clinical learning partner. This program pairs pediatric nurses and interns with an overarching goal of encouraging a cooperative clinical work environment through mutually valued system improvement projects. Cohort 3 teams developed projects concentrating on WELLNESS in medicine, given the current national trends related to burnout, depression and overall physician well-being. The focus of each project is through the lens of the healthcare team well-being and how it impacts patient care and safety. Team composition varies yearly to accommodate changing nurse enrollment; however, the curricular structure of the buddy program has remained consistent: Team formation during an interactive CLER-centered orientation, protected quarterly didactics, development of a collaborative QI/SB project, completion of pre-and post-program surveys and completion of reflective journaling. The pre-and post-knowledge and exposure data, along with twelve months of reflective journaling is being analyzed to evaluate the positive impact on collaborative attitudes. Participants demonstrated attainment of system improvement knowledge by completing and submitting for review of their scholarly projects. There were four total team projects: stress and burnout management, communication styles and techniques, bullying in the workplace and time management and organizational skills. By jointly working on projects that relate to personal needs, Cohort 3 aimed to address healthcare team well-being and cooperation as a positive culture change. By offering education such as the Pediatric Buddy Program that values the importance of an interprofessional approach in medicine, a positive shift in overall resident education can occur. The completed projects serve as the programs first set of formal curricula on wellness topics. Two of the projects have continued to grow into larger more robust pathways to wellness such as a formal resident driven Wellness Committee and a multi-specialty Anti-Bully campaigns led by our Pediatric trainees.