Schwartz Center Rounds

Healing People Transforming Healthcare

Schwartz Center Rounds (SCR) began at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1997 to provide a forum where caregivers from diverse disciplines could discuss important emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients and themselves. The premise is that caregivers are better able to make meaningful connections with patients and to each other when they have greater awareness of and insight into their own personal responses and feelings.

Schwartz Center Rounds began at California Pacific Medical Center in January 2007. All CPMC caregivers are encouraged to attend including physicians, nurses, residents, chaplains, social workers, unit clerks and administration. For more information about SCR at California Pacific Medical Center, call Arlen Farley at (415) 600-1791 or email farleya@sutterhealth.org.

Past Topics

• Challenging Communications with Patients and their Families


• To Treat or Not to Treat: The Challenge to Caregivers of Medical Futility


• Intra-operative Disasters: Post-operative Consequences


• Rounding on Ourselves


• The Challenge for Caregivers of Life-limiting Illness in Children


• Dealing with the Unexpected

Schwartz Center Rounds
Schwartz Center Rounds is a multidisciplinary forum where caregivers discuss difficult emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients. Over 26,000 clinicians across the country participate in these interactive discussions and share their experiences, thoughts and feelings on different topics. Schwartz Center Rounds take place at 129 sites in 26 states.