Series Overview
Schwartz Center Rounds is designed as an "Interdisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Patient-Centered Communication, Teamwork, and Provider Support". Schwartz sessions occur six times per year, offering healthcare providers a 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.
Target Audience
This program is open to all professions who may have contact with a patient at AFCH including but not limited to physicians, trainees, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, pharmacists, lab staff.
Planning Committee
John Frohna, MD, Chair | Craig Becker, MSSW | Debra Borquist-Conlin, DSW, APSW |
Kristin McArdle, MSSW | Jessamy Rogstad, RN | Coordinator |
Accreditation
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hour.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing is Iowa Board of Nursing provider 350.
Continuing Education Units
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.1 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1 hour.
POLICY ON FACULTY AND SPONSOR DISCLOSURE
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, that the faculty, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this CE activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in order to allow CE staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest. Faculty must also disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s).
Detailed disclosures will be available prior to the start of the activity.
As a result of participation in this educational series, participants will improve their ability to:
- Discuss emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients with the intent of fostering personal connections with patients and improving caregiver’s insights into their own responses and feelings while caring for patients.
- Initiate discussions with the care team that highlight personal ideas, thoughts and feelings that arise while caring for patients in order to gain a greater appreciation for each team member.