YCSC Virtual Compassionate Care Rounds: Angels and Visions—Tragedy and Hope in a Specialized Children’s Hospital

Session Description

This session will discuss a challenging clinical case through a multidisciplinary lens, exploring its complexities and some of the clinical considerations pertaining to a unique treatment setting. A collaboration between Blythedale Children's Hospital and the Yale Child Study Center will also be showcased, highlighting it as a special resource serving kids with major medical needs. Please note that this session will be fully virtual and will not be recorded.

The objectives for this session are to:

1. Familiarize participants with a unique resource in our scope serving kids with major medical needs.
2. Support reflection on how to manage clinical situations that elicit strong affect in the patient, family, staff, etc.
3. Support reflection on how to sustain empathy and cohesion in the multidisciplinary care team when the length of stay is long, the prognosis tough, and the family is grieving.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.