The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions humanism in healthcare, which we define as compassionate, collaborative, and scientifically excellent care. This Gold standard of care embraces all and targets barriers to such care. We empower experts, learners, and leaders to together create systems and cultures that support humanistic care for all.

50 nursing schools to receive funding for White Coat/Oath Ceremonies

Together with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that 50 schools of nursing nationwide have been selected to receive funding to host White Coat/Oath Ceremonies for incoming students in the 2021-2022 academic year.

Announcing the 2021 Essay Contest winners

Three medical students and three nursing students were selected as winners of the 2021 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. Their essays will be published in AAMC’s Academic Medicine and AACN’s Journal of Professional Nursing.

Watch Alan Alda & Dr. Jillian Horton in a new Gold webinar

Watch our newest Gold Human InSight Webinar, “We Are All Perfectly Fine: Lessons on Humor and Resilience with Alan Alda & Dr. Jillian Horton, two Gold honorees.

NEWS

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – July 2021

July 23, 2021

Nine recent studies related to humanism in healthcare, including such topics as the benefits for medical students who use the tool Tell Me More to connect with patients and an analysis of nursing associations' and schools' statements against racism.

24 medical students named 2021 Gold Student Summer Fellows

June 29, 2021

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce that 24 medical students have been selected as 2021 Gold Student Summer Fellows, embarking summer projects to amplify humanism in healthcare and help address health inequities.

2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare awarded to immigrant cofounders of Pre-Health Dreamers

June 2, 2021

The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation are pleased to announce that the 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare is jointly awarded to Dr. Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn and Denisse Rojas Marquez.

Gold Foundation to recognize 200+ Champions of Humanistic Care at the 2021 gala

April 23, 2021

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care, physicians, nurses, and healthcare team members who have been selected by their healthcare institutions for compassion and courage during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 200 healthcare team members have been chosen from Gold Partners Council member institutions and Gold Corporate Council member companies, as well as other affiliated Gold partners.

Humanism in healthcare demands we address racism

June 3, 2020

As a leader of humanism in healthcare, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation condemns racism and call upon us all, in this fraught and historic moment, to help correct the long-standing inhumanity that harms people of color.

BLOG

Tweet collection from the 2021 Humanism & Healing Conference

May 7, 2021

Enjoy these tweets from our 2021 Humanism & Healing Conference, hosted by the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Live sessions were May 6-8.

What She Carried

February 26, 2021

A beautiful essay by Dr. Laura Vater on the many things a patient carries in the face of a diagnosis.

For Aloys

December 21, 2020

"I recall Aloys’s first visit clearly. His eyes had the empty, distant look of those who have witnessed war firsthand. But there was something more." An essay by Dr. Elizabeth Toll, who participated in the 2020 Gold Writing Workshop.

I am from

December 21, 2020

A poem by Gisel Bello, participant in the Gold Writing Workshop, a fourth-year medical student and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Fellow at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine.

#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 ... Read more

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