Schwartz Center Rounds

Exploring the emotional side of caregiving

The University of Colorado Cancer Center hosts Schwartz Center Rounds, unique, multidisciplinary sessions in which hospital staff explore the emotional side of caregiving. A national program with sites across the country, Schwartz Center Rounds are funded by the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing compassionate healthcare.

In a typical Rounds session, a panel of caregivers presents a patient case that brought up interesting and important psychosocial issues. Hospital staff then shares their own thoughts and feelings related to the day’s topic.

Topics have included:

  • delivering bad news
  • when religious or spiritual beliefs conflict with medical advice
  • taking care of a colleague
  • losing a patient

Unlike grand rounds, these sessions are not about clinical problem-solving, but rather about exploring and processing the emotions that come up in the daily work of hospital staff.

A comprehensive study of Schwartz Center Rounds has shown them to help caregivers connect better with patients emotionally; enhance their understanding of the effects of illness on patients and their families; improve communication among caregivers and decrease feelings of caregiver isolation and stress.

Join us, 2nd Friday of even-numbered months, 8 to 9 am, AOP 2005/2006

For more information about Schwartz Center Rounds, visit www.theschwartzcenter.org.