Join CHaSCI for Rush's upcoming Social Work Grand Rounds Special Series

Special Series on Trauma, Loss, and Resilience

During this global pandemic, trauma is impacting all of us. Rush Social Work Grand Rounds will take a deep dive into exploring trauma and its impact on our work in a three-part interactive series taking place virtually on Wednesdays 5/20, 6/3, and 6/17 from 12-1:30pm CT. Details will be updated below as they are finalized.

Rush University Medical Center’s Social Work Grand Rounds launched in 2019 and are planned by a cross-departmental group to provide timely and clinically-focused continuing educational content for social workers and others serving across the institution. They typically take place every-other-month rotating with our CHaSCI Community webinars.

Our Grand Rounds are now taking place virtually due to the pandemic, so we are pleased to be able to able to invite the broader CHaSCI Community to join us!  Email info@chasci.org with any questions.

Part 1: The Clinical Impact of Trauma in the Time of COVID-19 *with corrected link*

Wednesday May 20, 12:00-1:30pm CT (1-2:30pm ET, 10am-11:30pm PT)

We'll begin our series with an overview of collective uncertainty and ambiguous loss as they relate to the pandemic, and look at the traumatizing impact of COVID-19 from a clinical lens. We will include the latest research on trauma and provide practical clinical interventions for fostering resilience in diverse individuals and communities within a healthcare lens.
Speakers: 

  • Rebecca Lahey, LCSW, Manager of Mental Health and Collaborative Care, Social Work and Community Health department @ Rush University Medical Center

  • Vikki Rompala, LCSW, PhD (ABD), Health Services Researcher, Social Work and Community Health department @ Rush University Medical Center

No registration needed. Join the 5/20 WebEx Event at https://rush.webex.com/rush/onstage/g.php?MTID=e91b0d428f084566bd4f41b1831d51ed0 with password trauma.

Part 2: Complex Trauma and Clinical Interventions

Wednesday 6/3, 12:00-1:30 CT

Join the 6/3 WebEx Event at https://rush.webex.com/rush/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3b9f48d2e675a22f01ae991bf93279de with password trauma.

*Addition 6/11: Materials from this event have been posted at www.chasci.org/ed-training.

Part 3: Vicarious Trauma: Moving Beyond “Self-Care”

Wednesday 6/17, 12:00-1:30 CT

Join the 6/17 WebEx Event at https://rush.webex.com/rush/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5fdc12816d4ac062de1d2f6cf2dbbd29 with password trauma.

*Link corrected 6/15 due to WebEx issue.*

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