RSS Coordinator(s):

• Jessica Polito - jessica.polito@baystatehealth.org

Series Overview

Baystate Health supports the continuing education of our staff, physicians, residents, nurses, students, and guests with the presentation of Schwartz Rounds. The goal of this program is to support and advance compassionate health care in which caregivers, patients, and their families related to one another in a way that provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers and sustenance to the healing process.

Intended Audience

Faculty physicians of any discipline, Resident physicians of any discipline, nurses, Spiritual Services staff, pharmacists, case managers, social workers, dieticians and depending on the topic, it could be targeted to any employee category.

Planning Committee

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. 

Credit Designation Statements

Physicians (AMA)
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.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
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 1.0 hours(s)Risk Management study. 

Continuing Education Units

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.

POLICY ON FACULTY AND SPONSOR 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 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. 

Series location: 
Baystate Medical Center - Chestnut Conference Center Room 1 & 2
Webinar

RSS Format: 
Hybrid (in-person & webinar)

Live Stream Available: 
https://baystatehealth.zoom.us/j/93294402080

Global Objectives: 

As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will be able to:

Support and advance compassionate health care in which caregivers, patients, and their families related to one another in a way that provides hope to the patient, support to the caregivers, and sustenance to the healing process. This course fosters these Baystate goals: Quality, Patient Experience and Safety.

Interprofessional RSS:
Yes

Credits Available: 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM (Physicians)
ANCC (Nurses)
IPCE (Interprofessional Continuing Education)
*Risk Management applicable only to some individual sessions, details can be found in each individual session