Einstein Begins Holding Schwartz Center Rounds
National Program Helps Caregivers Deal with the Emotional Side of Caregiving
Albert Einstein Medical Center is starting a new national program that helps hospital staff members explore and process the
emotions that come up in their daily work.
The program, Schwartz Center Rounds®, provides a unique forum where caregivers from diverse disciplines can discuss and reflect upon the emotional challenges
of patient care. The sessions typically begin with a brief panel presentation of a patient case and the psychosocial topic
of the day, followed by a facilitated discussion. Rather than simply focusing on the clinical facts of a patient case or problem
solving, Rounds give health care providers a safe forum in which they can talk about how they experienced certain situations.
Popular Rounds topics at hospitals across the country include: delivering bad news; caring for a colleague; when cultural
and religious beliefs conflict with medical advice; and dealing with spiritual crises in patients.
Schwartz Center Rounds are the signature program of the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit whose mission
is to support and advance compassionate health care. Healthcare attorney Kenneth Schwartz created the Center just days before
he died of lung cancer in 1995.
The first Schwartz Center Rounds entitled, “Caring for Colleagues – The Emotional Toll,” will be held on November 7, 2008
from 12:15 - 1:15 in the Gouley Auditorium. Steve Sivak, MD and Jeff Cohn, MD will serve as moderators.
Some 148 healthcare facilities in 29 states hold Schwartz Center Rounds, including teaching and community hospitals, outpatient
facilities and nursing homes. For more information about Schwartz Center Rounds in general, visit www.theschwartzcenter.org.
CONTACT: Rodney Yancey
Manager, Corporate Communications
215-456-3922
yanceyr@einstein.edu
Publish date: November 6, 2008
