The Schwartz Center is committed to supporting healthcare professionals with additional resources on caring for their patients, themselves and their teams during this challenging time. Please find COVID-19-related support information here.
In 2020, in alignment with our Virtual Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference, we are inviting speakers whose work has inspired innovation, leadership, and culture change in the areas we’ll be focusing on during the conference:
The Compassion in Action Webinar Series offers healthcare workers, leaders and managers a unique opportunity to learn about topics related to compassionate, collaborative care from leading practitioners and researchers in this field.
Grief, Loss and Mourning in the Time of COVID
COVID has upended the ways in which we understand what it means to grieve and to mourn. During this webinar, we invited participants to join us in reflecting on our experiences of grief, loss and mourning in the time of COVID, as EOL founder Michael Hebb moderated a conversation with Dr. Rana Awdish, best-selling author and critical-care physician at Henry Ford Hospital; Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and a Jungian psychotherapist; and Dr. Candi K. Cann, thanatologist and associate professor of Baylor University.
Presented by:
Rana Awdish, MD, Best-selling Author and Physician, Henry Ford Hospital
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, Co-founder, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care; Jungian Psychotherapist
Candi K. Cann, PhD, Thanatologist and Associate Professor, Baylor University
Michael Hebb, Founder, EOL
Watch the Recording
The Compassion in Action webinar series is funded in part by the generous support of the Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation and by a donation made in memory of Julian and Eunice Cohen. The series is free of charge to all members of the public. All Compassion in Action webinars will be archived here following the live broadcast.