Rush University Medical Center in Chicago offers animal therapy sessions stressed-out clinicians, according to an article on the Chicago Tribune website.
Many workplaces allow pets on site to boost employee satisfaction, but heelers for healers offers a different twist, the article said.
The medical center has held the monthly Pet Pause sessions for more than a year, using dogs from a local shelter and an animal therapy group.
The "pet a pooch" program for staffers at University of Pennsylvania's hospital inspired the Chicago program. The Penn program started three years ago, bringing in dogs from local animal shelters.
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