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 In the fall of 2023 a couple of community gun violence situations killed children and families. The impact of caring for the victims and being faced with the death of small children took a toll on our medical teams across disciplines. In debriefing discussions the events were processed and shared. Questions about the efficacy of debriefing and processing emotions, thoughts and experiences remain  - can we ever do enough to support our teams? How do we prepare ourselves for on ongoing reality of violent behavior and death by guns? Schwartz Rounds aims to address these questions and the panelists will present the cases in abbreviated form to the audience while also sharing their coping strategies and how they moved on from the moral distress of the situations.

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1| Identify impact gun violence in immediate communities on professional wellbeing of all health care workers
2| Assess efficacy of group and individual debriefing sessions for medical/trauma/interdisciplinary teams
3|To discuss strategies to enhance and deepen compassion caring for each other among medical disciplines

Faculty

Rev. Ute Schmidt
Manager, spiritual Services
Baystate Health

Panelists: 

Gladys Fernandez, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
UMASS Medical School Chan - Baystate
Director of Simulation Education
Asst. PD in Surgery
Baystate Medical Center
 

Dr. Edward Kelly
Assistant Professor
UMASS Medical School Chan - Baystate
Trauma Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

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Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Risk Management
This activity meets the criteria for risk management study.  1.0 hours are appropriate for risk management study.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.