Testimonials from Rounds Participants

‘‘Rounds are a place where people who don’t usually talk about the heart of the work are willing to share…their vulnerability, to question themselves.  Rounds are an opportunity for dialogue that doesn’t happen anywhere else in the hospital.’’

‘‘On a daily basis caregivers are moving so fast from one case to another that when a particular case is difficult or touches you deeply, it is important to process our feelings in a safe environment. The Rounds give you the inner strength to go on to the next case with an open heart and the ability to relate compassionately to new patients and families.’’

‘‘The Schwartz Center Rounds are really a bold concept. You can talk out loud, without knowing necessarily who is listening, and feel safe. Your thorny issue is likely someone else's thorny issue. Just bringing it out in the open is a release in itself.’’

‘‘Rounds underscore the reason we are all doing this work, which is to help people in their healing and to be humane.’’

“Rounds model that capacity to be less all knowing and to value expertise that isn’t medical – connection, compassion.  It creates a new sense of competency.”

‘‘This is such hard work…Rounds are a place to come together and share support and validation for one another.  It meets a deep need that we wouldn’t have even known to ask for.  It fulfills a hole in the clinical community.’’

‘‘There is a philosophy at Rounds that there should be a complete package of care that addresses the psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of care in addition to the medical- that this should be the standard.’’

‘‘I think the Rounds highlight the interdisciplinary nature of our work and make us conscious of taking care of each other.’’

“There is more of a focus on what is best for the patient whenever we are contemplating changes in policies, procedures or unit processes.”