A realist informed mixed methods evaluation of Schwartz Rounds in England

A realist informed mixed methods evaluation of Schwartz Rounds in England

This study shows that healthcare staff who regularly attend Schwartz Rounds experience less psychological distress and have increased empathy and compassion for patients and colleagues.

Exploring the adoption of Schwartz Center Rounds in England, 2009–2015

This study examines the adoption of Schwartz Center Rounds in England, investigating the rate at which Rounds were adopted and considering some of the factors which contributed to their implementation.

Stress in NHS staff triggers defensive inward-focussing and an associated loss of connection with colleagues: this is reversed by Schwartz Rounds

Stress in NHS staff triggers defensive inward-focussing and an associated loss of connection with colleagues: this is reversed by Schwartz Rounds

This paper explores how Schwartz Rounds help to provide emotional support to healthcare staff, with such support indirectly improving patient care.

Schwartz Centre Rounds: a new initiative in the undergraduate curriculum—what do medical students think?

This paper asks whether the current Schwartz Centre Rounds (SCRs) model could be extrapolated into the UK undergraduate medical curriculum. Two pilots are run in a UK medical school and are then subsequently evaluated, yielding largely positive feedback.

Improving childhood nutrition and wellness in South Africa

To supplement an ongoing local quality improvement (QI) intervention addressing poor nutritional outcomes in children, experience-based co-design (EBCD) was used to enhance previously low levels of mother, carer and staff engagement.

What is the potential of patient shadowing as a patient-centred method?

This paper argues that patient shadowing is an effective method for delivering patient-centred care.

Experience based co-design reduces formal complaints on an acute mental health ward

This study describes how experience based co-design (EBCD) was adapted for safe use within a mental health setting, resulting in formal service user and family complaints being eradicated for a period of 23 months.

Can compassionate healthcare be measured? The Schwartz Center Compassionate Care Scale™

This article describes the psychometrics of an instrument that measures providers’ compassion and shows that patient ratings of compassionate healthcare are valid and reliable, arguing that such ratings could inform assessment and quality improvement.

Reframing the work on patient experience improvement

This article that patient experience needs to be viewed as a primary goal in healthcare alongside other aspects such as quality and safety, rather than as an isolated aim.