The Arnold P. Gold Foundation infuses the human connection into healthcare. We engage schools, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic healthcare, so that they have the strength and knowledge to ensure patients and families are partners in collaborative, compassionate, and scientifically excellent care.

17 Gold Student Summer Fellows to focus on COVID-19 projects

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that 17 medical students have been selected as 2020 Gold Student Summer Fellows, each embarking on a summer project related to service or research in underserved communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Humanism in healthcare demands we address racism

The social determinants of health define the odds of a long life. The COVID-19 pandemic itself has put health disparities into high relief. The recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and other people of color who have been killed or harmed, have created a clear view of what Black Americans and people of color face daily. Persistent racism threatens health, well-being, and life; we must come together now to create a more humanistic world for all people.

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COVID-19 tools to use and share

To all of our Gold partners, we have curated resources to help support you in this pandemic. We invite you to use and share these tools with your healthcare team, students, constituents, and customers for free during the COVID-19 crisis. One of the featured tools is our Tell Me More® for COVID-19 free downloadable kit.

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NEWS
Gold Foundation announces new collaboration with The DAISY Foundation™
June 16, 2020
The two nonprofit organizations share a commitment to honoring nurses and the essential human connection at the core of nursing care.
Joint Gold-Planetree statement on preserving family presence during pandemics
June 9, 2020
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and Planetree International participated in a “Pop-Up” Coalition of over 60 organizations to Preserve Family Presence in Challenging Times. The international group represented patient and ... chevron_right Read more
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – May 2020
May 29, 2020
The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research ... chevron_right Read more
Join Dr. Mick Krasner in weekly PRI webinars: Practicing within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
May 13, 2020
Mick Krasner, MD, FACP, co-founder of Mindful Practice and a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, is holding a six-part virtual peer ... chevron_right Read more
Reactivated PPE Portrait Project strengthens human connections in the COVID-19 crisis
April 29, 2020
Artist and Gold Foundation grantee Mary Beth Heffernan’s work that began during the Ebola crisis has found a new urgency and widespread adoption now. COVID-19 patients are isolated in so ... chevron_right Read more
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare – Special Edition: Maintaining the Human Connection in the Age of COVID-19
March 24, 2020
This special edition highlights studies from previous Research Roundup editions that are particularly relevant in the age of COVID-19. As healthcare systems adapt to address the challenges posed by the pandemic, we focus on how we can maintain and strengthen humanism in healthcare during these trying times.
BLOG
Q&A with Dr. Dorothy Levine, departing GHHS leader
May 14, 2020
As Vice President, GHHS, Dr. Levine seeded national initiatives that turned GHHS chapters into a global force of student-run community projects and advocacy
Our need to be changed
May 12, 2020
The COVID-19 virus is a simple little bundle of proteins, dumbly doing what it does and without choice. Really not much of an enemy; the much more formidable foe is the dissonance that comes from holding a world view that doesn’t jive with reality.
#ColoringCare pages by GHHS member Dr. Mike Natter
May 5, 2020
Coloring and creative expression can be cathartic, and the ongoing COVID crisis calls for both a celebration of our healthcare professionals and calming activities that help us all get through ... chevron_right Read more
The irony of connection in a world of distance
April 3, 2020
Emergency medicine physician Lauren J. Prusnofsky Field reflects on connection in the age of physical distancing: " For safety, I am temporarily at a longer stretch away from my patients than I would like, but I would like them to know this does not mean we worry less, consider their pain less, or take them less seriously. Each day is a chance to work towards establishing alternate means of providing comfort and gaining trust without being able to safely hold someone’s hand."
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