Healthcare is a challenging field. Whether it has always been or if it is growing increasingly challenging is up for debate. However, what we do know is that there is an urgent need to take better care of ourselves and each other. We have had several losses in our organization over the years. Many of us know a colleague who has struggled either from something in their personal life or from something that has happened at work, or both. There are challenges to our sense of community internally and externally. The August Schwartz Center Rounds panel will discuss the loss of Dr. David Gonzalez. Panelists will discuss how this loss affected them and how they sought out, accessed, and found support through care for themselves and care together as a community.  

The Schwartz Rounds program offers healthcare providers regularly scheduled time during their fast-paced work lives to openly and honestly discuss the social and emotional issues they face in caring for patients and families. The focus is on the human dimension of health care.

Following a quick multidisciplinary discussion of a topic or case, audience members have an opportunity to share their experiences, thoughts, and feelings and to support each other in best practices of caring for patients and self-care. Schwartz Rounds will be held virtually on the 3rd Thursday of every month and is open to all employees.

This Schwartz Rounds will be hybrid, presenting from Minneapolis Room G053 or virtual via zoom. The presentation will be 12:00-1:00 pm. If you are attending In-Person, after the presentation from 1:00-1:45 pm there will be time for participants to engage with the various services that make up the Staff Well-Being Collective, and time to be in community with each other. Please bring your lunch and join us for a very special Schwartz Rounds. 

When you register, you will be asked to enter whether you will be attending in-person or virtually.