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Schwartz Rounds: "Back to the Heart: Patients Who Reaffirm Our Why" - November 10, 2025
Schwartz Rounds provides a safe, structured forum for healthcare professionals to discuss the emotional and social challenges of caring for patients. Through open conversation, reflection, and shared experiences, participants gain insights into the human dimension of healthcare and foster greater empathy and teamwork across disciplines.
Target Audience
Physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, residents/fellows, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and all healthcare professionals involved in direct patient care.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the emotional and social challenges inherent in-patient care and their impact on professional well-being.
- Demonstrate strategies to communicate empathetically and support colleagues during emotionally charged situation.
- Apply reflective practices to improve resilience, teamwork, and patient-centered care delivery.
- Describe the relationship between clinician well-being, patient satisfaction, and care outcomes.
Nursing Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of the activity, nurses will report via the post-activity survey enhanced knowledge of the connection between emotional well-being and performance outcomes, as well as strategies to communicate empathetically, support colleagues during emotionally charged situations, and improve resilience, teamwork, and patient-centered care delivery.
Panelists:
Scott Ulrich, VP, HMH CFO
Raymond Wolff, Jr, RT
Ryan Dunlap, PT
Diana Richardson, LCSW
Physicians
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award 1.00 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the corresponding evaluation.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 Medical Ethics and/or Professional Responsibility
- 1.00 Attendance
- 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award up to 1.00 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.
STEPS TO REGISTER:
- STEP 1 - Select the applicable fee and add to cart to complete the checkout process.
- STEP 2 - Once registered, click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.
FEES
| REGISTRATION TYPE | FEE |
|---|---|
| Houston Methodist (HM) employee | Free |
| Physician (HMCC ACO PCP) | Free |
| Physician (HMPAQ) | Free |
| Physician (Private physician located within the Greater Houston Area)* | $35 |
| Physician (Private physician located outside the Greater Houston Area) | Free |
| Resident / Fellow (No CME) | Free |
| Allied Health Professional / All Others | Free |
* In compliance with HM’s policy on Physician Non-Monetary Compensation regarding “Stark Law,” private physicians who reside and/or practice medicine within the Greater Houston Area are required to pay the full Fair Market Value registration fee.