Picker Gold Challenge Grants for Residency Training


From left, Drs. Aarti Bhatt, Leon McDougle and Scott Holliday

Recipients of the 2023-2025 Picker Gold Challenge Grants for Residency Training

University of Minnesota
Aarti Bhatt, MD
Implementation of a Novel Community-Residency Collaboration: The Med/Peds – YAP Longitudinal Partnership

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Leon McDougle, MD, MPH, and Scott Holliday, MD
Just-in-Time Upstander/Allyship Resources for the Clinical Learning Environment

Read our announcement to learn more about their projects.

The Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education (GME) Challenge Grant Program provides 18-month grants of between $15,000 and $25,000 to support the research and development of innovative projects within the GME setting, specific interventions designed to facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives. Our goal is to help physicians incorporate practices that bring patient needs and wishes into the center of all healthcare interactions. Learn about the collaboration between The Gold Foundation and The Picker Institute.

The expected outcome of a grantee’s project will be a demonstration, including a robust dissemination plan, of the measurable effects and sustainability of the effort to enhance compassionate, patient-centered-care in residency education.

The Gold Foundation is specifically interested in projects that include a focus on the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.

View examples of past projects.

Visit How to Apply for information on eligibility, selection criteria and the review process.