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.

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Join us May 6-8 for live sessions with Q&As and networking opportunities, plus pre-recorded videos available to watch on your schedule from April 26 to May 10. Inspiring keynotes, panels, clinical improv, Poster Hall, Virtual Art Gallery, and much more. Just $5 for students and residents and $100 for general registration.

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Three titans of humanism to be awarded Gold medals

The National Humanism in Medicine Medal will be awarded at the 2021 Gala to:

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, Iconic Leader in U.S. Healthcare, Global Pioneer in Infectious Disease Research, and Compassionate Advocate of the American People during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Dr. Wayne J. Riley, Celebrated 17th President of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Luminary of Medical Education Educator, and Transformative Leader for Health Equity and Humanism in Healthcare
  • Dr. Eric Topol, Renowned Molecular Cardiologist and Geneticist, World Leader in Medical Research, Humanist Practitioner, and Bestselling Author on the Future of Medicine
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Apply for a Picker Gold GME Challenge Grant

The Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education (GME) Challenge Grant Program provides 18-month grants to support the research and development of innovative projects within the graduate medical education setting, designed to facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives. We are now accepting Letters of Intent for the 2021-2023 cycle.

Deadline 5 p.m. EDT May 12.

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NEWS
AACN, Gold Foundation announce 2021 White Coat/Oath Ceremony funding for nursing schools
April 22, 2021
This year, the Gold Foundation is providing $50,000 in funding to schools of nursing to offer White Coat/Oath Ceremonies, which are designed to promote patient-centered care among students entering nursing school.
Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – April 2021
April 22, 2021
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
Gold Foundation encourages #humanismalways through mask campaign
March 11, 2021
To mark the 1-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gold Foundation is encouraging stories of humanism in action with the hashtag #humanismalways and has created a new mask face with a message of care.
Dr. Marie-Ève Goyer selected as the 2021 AFMC-Gold Humanism Award recipient
February 11, 2021
Together with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), the Gold Foundation for Humanistic Healthcare, Canada is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2021 AFMC-Gold Humanism Award and Lecture: Dr. Marie-Ève Goyer, a leader in caring for people with addiction and an exemplar of humanism in healthcare.
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.
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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.
The birth of the Gold Writing Workshop
December 21, 2020
Launched at the end of October 2020, the Gold Foundation Writing Workshop allowed 10 physicians not only to reflect on the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism that we are experiencing with such intensity right now, but on the many influences on their lives. They wrote in response to prompts about where they were from, secrets and lies, what made them angry, what they bowed down to. They wrote about first times, the stories their hands could tell, what they know for sure.
Q&A with professors of Humanism in Health & Healthcare course live cohort
August 7, 2020
Earlier this year, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation launched the free virtual course “Humanism in Health and Healthcare,” developed in partnership with Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine and ... chevron_right Read more
#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
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